Christian Dingus, 28, was with his partner when, he says, employees told the couple not to kiss inside, and the argument escalated outside.

Christian Dingus, 28, was with his partner when, he says, employees told the couple not to kiss inside, and the argument escalated outside.

A gay man accused a group of Washington, D.C., Shake Shack employees of beating him after he kissed his boyfriend inside the location while waiting for their order.

Christian Dingus, 28, was with his partner and a group of friends at a Dupont Circle location Saturday night when the incident occurred, he told NBC News. They had put in their order and were hanging around waiting for their food.

“And while we were back there — kind of briefly — we began to kiss,” Dingus said. “And at that point, a worker came out to us and said that, you know, you can’t be doing that here, can’t do that type of stuff here.”

The couple separated, Dingus said, but his partner got upset at the employee and insisted the men had done nothing wrong. Dingus’ partner was then allegedly escorted out of the restaurant, where a heated verbal argument occurred.

  • finley@lemm.eeEnglish
    173·
    3 months ago

    That it’s possible it’s less to do with them being gay and more to do with them potentially making out heavily and making the workers uncomfortable

    this assumes the couple was lying in their account, for which there is no evidence. this is little more than victim-blaming, and using a falsehood to justify bigotry and violence.

    • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
      313·
      3 months ago

      I don’t know what happened, I just understand what the person’s point was in bringing it up and can also understand that they’re not condoning or justifying the violence that occurred at all.

      • finley@lemm.eeEnglish
        113·
        3 months ago

        I just understand what the person’s point was in bringing it up

        the point was, very obviously, to use a lie about the victims to justify the bigotry and violence against them-- over and over, and that’s exactly what they’ve done.

        and you’re defending using a lie to justify the bigotry and violence they faced.

        • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
          511·
          3 months ago

          That’s absolutely not at all what they were saying, idk if you’re reading a different comment or something.

          • finley@lemm.eeEnglish
            105·
            3 months ago

            i’m not to blame for the terrible things they said and you endorsed-- and the evidence for it is here for all to see (and downvote, and mods to remove)

            don’t say such despicable things if you can’t face the consequences.

              • finley@lemm.eeEnglish
                84·
                3 months ago

                i’ve been calling out these crazy comments for hours

                i’m not to blame for what others say here.

                • Malfeasant@lemm.ee
                  11·
                  3 months ago

                  You are to blame for your own comments, and you come across as unhinged. You act like you’re some great crusader for truth, yet you make just as many accusations with just as little evidence as the person you’re calling out- but they at least had the self awareness to say “I could be wrong…”