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47. Doing great! And you?

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:42 PM

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Dear White People Showrunner Quits Netflix Over Dave Chappelle's Transphobic Special [View all] Celerity Oct 2021 OP

Lazy comedy punches down. Timeless comedy attacks the power structure. LanternWaste Oct 2021 #1

George Carlin n/t hibbing Oct 2021 #5

Yeah I kind of get why people like Bill Maher are constantly railing against "woke culture". Initech Oct 2021 #11

People really look at Carlin through rose-colored nostalgia Sympthsical Oct 2021 #19

Then there's the "tropical fruit' joke. nt Carlitos Brigante Oct 2021 #28

Chapelle and Netflix should be shamed FreeState Oct 2021 #2

Honest question? Zeitghost Oct 2021 #66

I watched it last night, people need to chill. dewsgirl Oct 2021 #3

as have i catsudon Oct 2021 #4

That whole story towards the end, I almost burst dewsgirl Oct 2021 #6

thank you so much for this CatWoman Oct 2021 #8

I like Dave Chappelle. He comes from a different leftyladyfrommo Oct 2021 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author a kennedy Oct 2021 #9

I watched it last night Zeitghost Oct 2021 #10

I'll view it for myself and decide. I no longer take people's word for these things. Sympthsical Oct 2021 #12

very glad to see this comment janterry Oct 2021 #13

x1000 romana Oct 2021 #14

I'll watch it too Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #15

I did watch it Sympthsical Oct 2021 #22

Good to hear, I'll definitely watch it this weekend Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #24

"I don't care. Twitter's not a real place." Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #39

He recognized he said hurtful things... tonedevil Oct 2021 #34

As a lesbian (I am cis gendered), I would laugh in anyone's face who called me transphobic simply Celerity Oct 2021 #59

The term is "genital preferences" Sympthsical Oct 2021 #63

there have been workshops about overcoming the 'cotton ceiling' janterry Oct 2021 #67

I'm not getting how supporting JK Rowling and saying "I'm team TERF" is funny??? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #16

well catsudon Oct 2021 #20

So is he saying a person had to give birth to validate their genitals? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #23

like "impossible meat" catsudon Oct 2021 #25

But it's not for a man. It's for a woman. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #27

And "giving birth" has nothing to do with whether someone is a man or woman or what kind of genitals catsudon Oct 2021 #31

It's been a few years Zeitghost Oct 2021 #55

Trans men can give birth as well. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #60

You're correct, some can depending on the nature of their transition Zeitghost Oct 2021 #68

He was wrong at "gender is a fact". Mosby Oct 2021 #36

What's the joke when you punch down? When you say the same thing bigots say? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #17

Punch down? Zeitghost Oct 2021 #32

It means taking shots at people with less power. jcgoldie Oct 2021 #56

Like Zeitghost Oct 2021 #57

I dont think anyone here is targeting Chappelle because of his race jcgoldie Oct 2021 #58

You missed the point entirely Zeitghost Oct 2021 #64

Yes. In another of his shows he describes being heckled by a woman who told him "women suffer." betsuni Oct 2021 #62

Precisely Zeitghost Oct 2021 #65

Glad to see so much Chappelle support here Blue_Adept Oct 2021 #18

Seriously obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #61

I like Chapelle Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #21

how do you know catsudon Oct 2021 #26

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The same guy who makes AIDS jokes. What a sparkling cultural critique - genius! Duncan Grant Oct 2021 #30

Fuck chappelle... tonedevil Oct 2021 #33

Meh.. Oneironaut Oct 2021 #35

I'm old, fat, and white. When a comedian says something at the expense of the old, fat, and white... gulliver Oct 2021 #37

White women catch a lot of shit in his new special, and it's pretty funny to me, as Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #50

Gonna leave this here... Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 #38

That's a low bar of response Sympthsical Oct 2021 #40

Not really. Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 #42

People outside the community can disagree Sympthsical Oct 2021 #49

Of course, those outside the community can disagree. I never implied otherwise. Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 #53

The low bar includes: "GLADD, National Black Justice Coalition..." Duncan Grant Oct 2021 #43

They don't concern me Sympthsical Oct 2021 #51

As a trans person vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #41

... Oneironaut Oct 2021 #45

Hello! vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #46

Doing great! And you? Oneironaut Oct 2021 #47

Just fine thank you! vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #48

That's a great attitude! I totally agree! Oneironaut Oct 2021 #52

I'm not about to support any TERFs eShirl Oct 2021 #44

Just watched and really enjoyed, well-crafted show. betsuni Oct 2021 #54

I thought we didn't like people who helped... tonedevil Oct 2021 #69