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.

  • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    196·
    3 months ago

    What ‘nuance’ is there about speculating that two assaulted gay people were kissing harder than they described?

    As you yourself say, it does not have any bearing on the violence done to them being acceptable. So why link those two things together with a comma but?

    • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
      812·
      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, which is possible if they were a straight couple too instead.

      Not condoning the violence in the slightest

        • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
          314·
          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.

      • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        132·
        3 months ago

        potentially making out heavily

        You get attacked on your commute.

        I say: “It’s terrible you were dragged out of your car and hit, that’s not acceptable!”

        I then add: “You probably were driving badly, though, which pissed people off.”

        The second sentence modified the first, yes?

        • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
          312·
          3 months ago

          Yeah it does of course, however wanting to know the facts of the situation isn’t the same as making an excuse for the behavior exhibited.