favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoDave Chappelle Says ‘I Resent the Republican Party’ Because They ‘Weaponized’ Transgender Jokes: ‘That’s Not What I Was Doing’variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkDave Chappelle Says ‘I Resent the Republican Party’ Because They ‘Weaponized’ Transgender Jokes: ‘That’s Not What I Was Doing’variety.comfavoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square70linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoAnd it’s not like you can’t make jokes involving trans people, just don’t make jokes at the expense of trans people.
minus-squareNaich@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoHumour doesn’t punch down. That’s just bullying.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoI feel like this punching model is like Newtonian physics. We do have relativity now, but you gotta take a higher-level class for that one.
minus-squaresearabbit@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoBut also, he needs to make jokes period. I saw his last special. If there were any punchlines following his ranting about the mean trans people bullying him online, I totally missed them.
And it’s not like you can’t make jokes involving trans people, just don’t make jokes at the expense of trans people.
Humour doesn’t punch down. That’s just bullying.
I feel like this punching model is like Newtonian physics. We do have relativity now, but you gotta take a higher-level class for that one.
But also, he needs to make jokes period. I saw his last special. If there were any punchlines following his ranting about the mean trans people bullying him online, I totally missed them.