The lead singer of Falling in Reverse, Ronnie Radke, was apparently banned from social media app TikTok earlier in July for reportedly sharing the commonsense sentiment that most biological women aren’t fond of being referred to as “cis.”
For those unfamiliar with the term “cis,” the word in question is an abbreviation for “cisgender,” which is a relatively novel label used by self-proclaimed progressives in reference to biological men or women who aren’t engulfed in a gender identity crisis.
The term cis/cisgender hasn’t exactly received the warmest of embraces by those whom the novel label is attributed to, with biological women in particular often finding the term demeaning to the point of digesting it as a sort of epithet.
This sort of reception amidst biological women is hardly surprising, as it’s quite common to hear the mantra of “trans women are women” from biological males who identify as transgender whilst they’ll brazenly call genuine women “ciswomen” – despite the reality that bonafide women prefer to be referred to who they legitimately are: Women.
With the aforementioned in mind, Falling in Reverse lead singer Radke had apparently upset the perennially offended progressive demographic on TikTok by merely expressing the rational notion that biological women aren’t too thrilled with the cisgender label.
According to the renowned artist via a Twitter post from July 29th, TikTok banned his account on the platform – which had amassed 1.4 million followers prior to the ban – over this seemingly innocuous statement.
“Banned from tik tok for saying most women don’t wanna be called ‘cis’ good thing this does not matter to me.”
https://twitter.com/RonnieRadke/status/1685346328048787456
Aside from the TikTok shenanigans, the Falling in Reverse frontman also appears to be having a degree of funny business impacting his Twitter account.
Shortly after Radke shared the news of his TikTok expulsion, he’d learned of his account being shadow banned on Twitter by way of the search functionality. The vocalist seemingly first caught wind of the Twitter shadow ban through others mentioning it on the platform, leading Radke to outwardly ask his followers, “Do me a favor [and] search my name on Twitter to see if I pop up let me know your results.”
https://twitter.com/RonnieRadke/status/1685350919473688576
Apparently, the verdict came back as suspected, with Radke rendering a follow up tweet confirming the shadow ban through a third-party online app that asserted Radke’s Twitter account bore a search ban and a suggestion ban.
https://twitter.com/RonnieRadke/status/1685353697109254144
It’s unclear as to what fostered the shadow ban on Radke’s account, as such measures imposed upon Twitter users are largely ambiguous (short of having direct conduit with higher ups at the platform).
Gregory Hoyt is a former contributor to outlets such as Law Enforcement Today and Red Voice Media, and current host of The Breakdown with Greg Hoyt. Based out of Sierra Vista, Arizona, Hoyt is a staunch and outspoken advocate of law enforcement and first responders, while also harboring the unique experience of having spent nearly 5 years in prison. Since then, he's used his unique perspective to offer support and commentary about the criminal justice system. When not working or combating bad ideas, Hoyt also leisurely studies economics, history, and law.