"They thought because they were communists they were woke” — Internet reacts as native RedNote user’s anti-LGBTQ rant goes viral

"TikTok Refugees," as they are now known, have been flocking to RedNote in defiance against the government. However, given the heavily endorsed anti-LGBTQ rhetoric of the app, it may not be everything users are looking for.

In the wake of RedNote's popularity, a video of a Chinese man telling American users to keep their s*xuality to themselves is going viral. In the video, he can be heard demanding that users "be gay," but not "talk about being gay."

The video has been drawing the ire of scores online. Here's what one user had to say:

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"They thought because they were communists they were woke."

The comments didn't end there, as scores online were visibly teeming with opinions about the state of the RedNote app:

"it took 48 hours for the Chinese people on xiaohongchu to get tired of the American TikTokers overrunning their app," one user pointed out.

"I don’t think he should be hated for it. Isn’t homos**uality and transs**uality illegal in China? Plus, it’s their app. We should not be bringing stuff onto their app that is not approved in their country," someone else opined.

"I get what this man is saying and I can respect him for that but like be respectful man and don't get yourself killed over LGBTQ stuff sorry that you have to deal with it but it is what it is now and you need to just idk maybe stay off the app? or block the stuff," another suggested.

"LGBTQ is banned in China. You can't even show non-straight relationships in TV shows or anything. Most Chinese people think western wokeness is a cancer," yet another pointed out.

The post was riddled with opinions and pointed remarks:

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"going on a Chinese app and crying about transphobia," one user stated.

"Did TikTokers think TikTok was showing them mainland Chinese cultural perspective, rather than perspective manufactured for western TikTokers? It’s going to be a rude awakening when they notice how mainland Chinese feel about gender and race," another claimed.

"They forget that they're a guest in someone else's home now. They won't be given the same luxuries that we afford to our refugees," someone else echoed.

"Bruh that’s THEYRE SPACE. Whatever you believe in you can’t just go over to their house and start putting your shoes on their coffee table. Respect their space. What we deem as normal and what they deem as normal are very different. We gotta stop colonizing every space we take our coats off at like gah dayum," one more added.

Users were visibly divded over what's happening, as while some felt like the Chinese users were right, and RedNote is their space after all, others felt they should be more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community.

How does China feel about the LGBTQ+ community? Here's what we know as users are gettiing banned from RedNote left and right

Now that more and more users download RedNote, some have joked that they are considering moving to China. Beyond jokes, such a move would prove dire for LGBTQ+ members because China is infamous for reportedly being against the community.

Officially, mentions to homos**uality in criminal law were removed in 1997, according to Wikipedia, which adds:

"The Chinese Society of Psychiatry declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder in 2001"

However, members of the community still don't have the right to marriage, the website adds. They also have to rely on loopholes like the "legal guardianship" system to work out the personal and property matters.

As for RedNote, users have been complaining about getting banned for failing to comply with the stringent guidelines. As Advocate has pointed out, one user was banned for uploading a selfie with "a tiny bit of cleavage," and a video that spoke about the "trans plight." Another Black user was subjected to the same fate when she uploaded a selfie wearing a shirt the same color as her skin tone.

At the time of writing, SCOTUS has yet to issue a decision pertaining to the ban on TikTok. An oral argument was held on Friday, where the lawmakers heard claims that the ban would be infringing on the First Amendment rights of the nation. It is likely that a decision will come out in the next few days.