Colin Jost, one of Saturday Night Live’s two regular faux news anchors on its legendary “Weekend Update” skit, cracked a joke very early Sunday morning about Tinder’s new policy on gender identification, which for the first time allows transgender individuals to fully utilize the online dating app. If you didn’t see the joke, he tweeted it:
This joke was from Saturday but Mark Lilla's op-ed on Sunday expanded on this idea. https://t.co/jJWyXp0VYP pic.twitter.com/swI7PvLgqR
— Colin Jost (@ColinJost) November 22, 2016
The reaction was swift, and fierce.
Yo @ColinJost, do you not get this kind hatred is why trump won the election? Shame. Shame shame shame. pic.twitter.com/OSsru9b92u
— PWR BTTM (@PWRBTTMBAND) November 21, 2016
Dear @ColinJost and @nbcsnl: thank you so much for supporting the erasure of non-cis people. Thanks for actively contributing to oppression.
— Sam H. Escobar (@myhairisblue) November 21, 2016
All it takes is one person to do the right thing. You hurt many and reinforced hate just to earn a forgettable chuckle @ColinJost @SNLUpdate
— J Crowley (@jdcrowley) November 21, 2016
what the actual fuck. what a fuckin stretch to blame the existence of trans/nonbinary people 😡
— Riley J. Dennis (@RileyJayDennis) November 21, 2016
And more than one person took note this happened on the Transgender Day of Remembrance of all days:
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The news you care about, reported on by the people who care about you.A big "fuck y'all" for this. Especially since it aired the same weekend at Trans Day of Remembrance.
— Jack Qu'emi (@jackquemi) November 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/mcurryfelidae07/status/800504888920866816
But not everyone of course was offended. Cis people laughed, laughed, laughed.
https://twitter.com/NCCollegians/status/801153250254852096
https://twitter.com/PatrikSandberg/status/801154577861120000
https://twitter.com/NCCollegians/status/801152871504842752
