• DessertStorms@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Imagine jumping to the defence of this guy šŸ¤ÆšŸ¤®

    He then addressed the controversy surrounding his anti-trans material, saying, ā€œIf you guys came here to this show tonight thinking that Iā€™m going to make fun of those people again, youā€™ve come to the wrong show. Iā€™m not fucking with those people anymore. It wasnā€™t worth the trouble. I ainā€™t saying shit about them. Maybe three or four times tonight, but thatā€™s it. Iā€™m tired of talking about them. And you want to know why Iā€™m tired of talking about them? Because these people acted like I needed them to be funny. Well, thatā€™s ridiculous. I donā€™t need you. I got a whole new angle coming. You guys will never see this shit coming. I ainā€™t doing trans jokes no more.ā€
    He then said he was going to transition to joking about ā€œhandicappedā€ people instead because ā€œtheyā€™re not as organized as the gays. And I love punching down.ā€
    A few minutes later, Chappelle revisited the topic, saying, ā€œTo be honest with you, Iā€™ve been trying to repair my relationship with the transgender community cause I donā€™t want them to think that I donā€™t like them. You know how Iā€™ve been repairing it? I wrote a play. I did. Cause I know that gays love plays. Itā€™s a very sad play, but itā€™s moving. Itā€™s about a Black transgender woman whose pronoun is, sadly, n***a. Itā€™s a tear-jerker. At the end of the play she dies of loneliness cause white liberals donā€™t know how to speak to her. Itā€™s sad.ā€

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        11 months ago

        This just comes off as whiny. ā€œIā€™m getting cancelled again by being given another special, boo hoo.ā€

        And then uses literally the ā€œone jokeā€ conservatives have about pronouns. Thereā€™s nothing funny or creative about that joke. Itā€™s been told a billion times by conservative talking heads.

        Thereā€™s an entire subreddit dedicated to it. r/onejoke

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          11 months ago

          I mean, ā€œshe died of lonliness because liberals canā€™t say the n wordā€ is pretty funny. And being offended about the pronoun joke but not the nword is also his point, I think.

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        11 months ago

        And heā€™s a fucking genius. Because, as far as I can tell, all of his trans jokes are really funny or nuanced. But his handicap jokes, some of them are just downright lame and insulting.

        And everyoneā€™s coming after him for his trans jokes, not his handicap jokes.

        You canā€™t punch down on transpeople, their propaganda reach is massive. People are AFRAID to say the littlest bit negative about them.

        Thatā€™s why the handicap jokes. He wanted to show what actually happens when you punch down: nothing. No one gives a shit.

        Anyway, thatā€™s my headcanon. Otherwise, some of these handicap jokes are completely inexcusable and donā€™t live up to the standard set by his trans jokes.

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      11 months ago

      Youā€™re the exact person theyā€™re talking about when they say youā€™re completely ignoring all nuance just to be offended

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      11 months ago

      Haha itā€™s actually pretty good!

      I love punching down.

      That is a great punchline. Heā€™s not saying that he - Dave Chapelle loves punching down. Heā€™s saying: ā€œI am a bigot said John.ā€

      You need to grow up.