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Submitted by Karen1968a t3_10gecd1 in WorcesterMA

Hi. How do I contact a moderator. Apparently my reply to the lesbian bar post crossed a line. I’d like to know what line it crossed.

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jbcg t1_j52atyi wrote

I think it was the comments, not the post. Nice post, toxic comments.

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Unlucky-Boot-6567 t1_j5326og wrote

They’re referring to their comment on the post complaining about “exclusionary identity politics”

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bartnd t1_j529bt2 wrote

There's a 'message the mods' button on the right side of the page.

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CoolAbdul t1_j56oj8m wrote

BTW this is not the first lesbian bar in Worcester. That would be Isiah's back in the 70s and 80s.

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your_city_councilor t1_j5hml5i wrote

Well, you wrote

>It’s not “a good bar”. It’s not a “friendly bar”, it’s not a “neighborhood bar”. It’s a “lesbian bar”. Identity politics at its worst. In the restaurant business you want to be an inviting welcoming place, this is the antithesis of that. I’m honestly surprised they found financing.

I don't know if it technically crossed a line, but it's pretty dumb. Also, I'm a straight guy and I've been to lesbian bars, with lesbian friends who've invited me. No one excluded me for being a guy, and I wasn't victimized by identity politics.

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Karen1968a OP t1_j5hniyl wrote

“Dumb” is an opinion, and even if I agreed it was dumb, is that the criteria these days? It’s my opinion that this business will fail in a year to 18 months because they have chosen to label themselves. However I still don’t understand why I was shut down.

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your_city_councilor t1_j5k87mo wrote

Like I said, your comment was dumb - my opinion - and I'm not sure it crossed any actual lines.

I hope the business thrives. There are many gay bars in America, but only a few dozen lesbian bars, and it would be a nice accomplishment for Worcester to be one of the very few cities that actually has such a bar.

You might not know this, but bars label themselves all the time. Have you heard of "Irish bars"? Or "jazz bars"? Or "piano bars"?

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Speedwagon1935 t1_j52ocfa wrote

Go woke or they'll make you a bloke on here

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christohfur t1_j5329oz wrote

Is make you a bloke a phrase I should know?

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