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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.

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[-] nobleshift@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Maybe it wasn't the mankissing, but the WAY the men were kissing. Going toothlicking in public isn't really cool no matter who's doing it, chicks, dudes, neither, etc.

Still my money is on bigot.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Asking them to leave is one thing, but assaulting one of them is inexcusable no matter what they were doing.

[-] nobleshift@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I think that goes without saying ....

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Then the way they were kissing is irrelevant.

[-] nobleshift@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago

I disagree because something had to start the whole entire ordeal. It wasn't that he saw somebody kissing and walked over and assaulted him. It built up to it so you have really no idea what happened between the two of them. What was said what insults were made etc etc.

What's irrelevant is that there's no excuse to start beating up on people except in self-defense. So you got part of it right.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I guarantee nothing would have been said to begin with if it were a man kissing a woman the same way.

[-] Demdaru@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

...dunno where you live, but if I started going with the tongue with my girl I would 100% get absolutely kicked out of any food place. It's not a place for that high public display of affection.

Not saying tho they did that. Just pointing out you're flat out wrong.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

Well, not no matter. For all we know, one of them took the first swing, the video is very truncated.

I don't feel confident siding with either side with such limited information.

[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My money is also on bigotry, but the way Dingus said "began to kiss" makes me wonder how intense it was. If he'd said "gave my partner a kiss" that's one thing, but "began to kiss" sounds like it might have been more like "making out" which I don't want to see anyone doing in a restaurant.

I'm just speculating and the real answer is probably homophobia, especially given the assault that ensued.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

I’m sure the difference is that if it were a hetero couple people might have commented “Get a room!” or something and left it at that, and it wouldn’t have escalated.

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

I think fat people aren't cool and gross to look at. So i expect that they respect my wish and keep away from me. I don't care if female or male, because i'm not a bigot.

[-] recapitated@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Doesn't even compare to assault.

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