Maybe there’s something worse out there, but his trans jokes I’ve seen are far from hateful. When Chappelle first got flak over this I was afraid the jokes would be flat out evil. They could hardly be more mild.
Can anyone point to a particular joke that’s tearing trans people down? I don’t mean poking fun, I want to see the hate you all accuse him of.
I don’t think Chapelle deserves the level of hate he’s received, but he was certainly punching down in his bid to play oppression Olympics. His whole point was one of being jealous that black people have a much longer road to acceptance that trans people. The problem is, because of his discomfort with the topic, his jokes fell flat, which leaves only the punching down. If you’re going to cross the line, you better be funny, or people will only see malice.
Maybe there’s something worse out there, but his trans jokes I’ve seen are far from hateful. When Chappelle first got flak over this I was afraid the jokes would be flat out evil. They could hardly be more mild.
Can anyone point to a particular joke that’s tearing trans people down? I don’t mean poking fun, I want to see the hate you all accuse him of.
I don’t think Chapelle deserves the level of hate he’s received, but he was certainly punching down in his bid to play oppression Olympics. His whole point was one of being jealous that black people have a much longer road to acceptance that trans people. The problem is, because of his discomfort with the topic, his jokes fell flat, which leaves only the punching down. If you’re going to cross the line, you better be funny, or people will only see malice.
They don’t care. They just read from some place that Chappelle is evil now so he must be shunned.
We got rid of fundamental religion with somebody telling exactly how to think about everything, but I guess some people just cannot live without one.
Pretty much what I gathered. Still haven’t heard Chappelle say anything awful, and you’ll note not a soul has replied with actual words from the man.