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Dave Chappelle fills Netflix special with jokes about trans and disabled people
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Punching down is the problem.
Also the whole "my brother is an asshole but if you call him that I'll punch you" thing.
If he was making jokes about a community he was involved with at all, great. If it was a trans comedian making these jokes, (probably) great.
But this is just another old out-of-touch rich guy making fun about people who are already having a shitty time (on average).
Also, notice how anyone has yet to actually forbid him from doing it. He's not being "cancelled/consequenced".
A lot of people just find it extremely distasteful. (It hasn't slowed him down in the slightest.)
Honestly, I'd be disappointed even more in a trans comedian. If, after transitioning, they went with such uninspired jokes when there's a wealth of more humorous things to joke about in transition, I'd question their sense of humor.
Ah yeah I should have specified the jokes should be not nasty or uninformed.
But I'd hope for better from someone from within the community.
semi-related tangent, I think some people misunderstand this kind of thing as "well if he was trans it would be fine."
when really, no, a trans comedian would just write different and much better jokes about this subject matter because they're immersed in it and have a deeper understanding of the community and the experience.
Ah yeah I should have specified the jokes should be not nasty or uninformed.
But I'd hope for better from someone from within the community.