Stop What You're Doing, Because Dave Chappelle Offended a Trans Person
Oh no, not THAT
Dave Chappelle told some jokes this week and made somebody angry.
Normally that’s not a story. Who cares, right? Every joke that makes one person laugh is bound to make another person mad. If a few uptight, humorless scolds can’t take a joke, that’s not the comedian’s problem, is it? If you don’t like it, don’t watch it. Right?
Normally, that would be true. If you’re offending white people or Christians or Republicans or some other group that’s always considered the villain, you’re good. No problem. But not when the subject of the joke is one of the most precious and vulnerable among us.
When a designated victim is offended by a joke, it gets written up in Variety.
“Dangerous.” The black man’s words are “dangerous.” Where have I heard this one before?
So it’s Chappelle’s fault that somebody threw a beer bottle at this person. How is that supposed to work? Did Chappelle cast some sort of magic spell to control a bigot’s mind and cause violence to happen?
One of the very first sketches on Chappelle’s Show was about Clayton Bigsby, a blind black man who not only thought he was white, he was actually a member of the Ku Klux Klan:
That sketch offended a lot of people back in 2003, which was Chappelle’s whole point. Does that mean he’s somehow responsible for every racist act of violence in America? Is he adding to the hate in the world by lampooning it? Of course not.
So how is he responsible for what some violent idiot did to Jaclyn Moore?
I have not seen Dear White People, but the title itself annoys me.1 You couldn’t get a show called Dear Black People made in 2021 America, which is a good thing because racism is bad. Making assumptions about a whole race of people, based on the actions of a few, is bad. Except when it’s one particular race, of course.
So let’s say I’m offended by Dear White People. Who cares? Nobody does, and nobody should. I’m just some loser who can’t take a joke. Whatever.
But if I put on a wig and lipstick and tell everybody I’m a woman now, suddenly I become the designated victim in any situation. The greater my victimhood, the greater my power. With the switch of a pronoun, now I’m in control. Don’t you dare offend me, or it’ll make the papers. No jokes, or I’ll use my newfound power to go after you.
A white person telling a black person what he should and shouldn’t talk about it is #whitesplaining… until you add the word “trans.” That shifts the power dynamic completely. Classic crybullying.
None of the above is meant to be a glowing review of Chappelle’s new special, because I haven’t seen it. I refuse to subscribe to Netflix while they’re still showing Cuties. That’s how I’m protesting Netflix. But Jaclyn Moore doesn’t care about the exploitation of children, because it doesn’t hurt his feelings.
I mean her. Whichever it is.
Oh, Joe Biden is just fine. Why do you ask?
Biden’s brain is a slowly shrinking puddle of tapioca pudding at the bottom of his brainpan. He can barely even read what’s written down for him to say, and when he goes off-script, he babbles like the confused old man he is. He’s about as convincing as his hair plugs, which is why his approval ratings are in the crapper.
And here’s even more good news from Biden’s America:
I can’t wait for Peppermint Psaki to stand up at that podium and tell us why this is actually good and not bad.
Oh yeah, and our southern border is wide open. People are surging in because Biden encouraged them.
Google is banning “climate deniers” from its platform, which includes YouTube. So if you spread “misinformation,” you’ll be demonetized.
This sort of soft fascism hasn’t hit Substack yet, but I want to get out ahead of it and make one thing perfectly clear: I am not a climate denier. There is definitely such a thing as climate, and I do not deny that fact. Climate does indeed exist.
Also, “scientific consensus” is an oxymoron, and anthropogenic global warming is bull$#!+.
Another school shooting this week, huh? I’ll bet the the cops even took the shooter to Burger King, just like Dylann Roof!
Oh wait, never mind:
Obviously, the shooter is the victim. Sorry for being racist.
I enjoy reading reviews of Wes Anderson movies more than I enjoy watching Wes Anderson movies, and it looks like The French Dispatch will be no exception.
Matthew McConaughey is not running for governor of Texas. Did anybody really think he would? He’s never struck me as another Reagan, or even another Schwarzenegger. I like the guy, but he’d have to lay off all that weed in order to govern, and it just doesn’t seem like he’d have a good time.
He does say this, though, which I like:
“People want a third party and we’ve got one and it doesn’t have a name right now and it is the majority… I’m hesitant to throw labels... but there is a sleeping giant right now. I think it’s necessary to be aggressively centric to possibly salvage democracy in America right now.”
And because I like what he said, it will never happen. Sorry to jinx it, everybody.
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And why is a white person running a show called Dear White People, which is supposed to be told from a black perspective? I’m sure that fact offends some black people out there. Unfortunately for them, at some point in the past year, this evil white male magically transformed himself into a virtuous white woman and is now considered morally superior to white people of either gender. A trans person can get away with behavior no white man or woman ever could. He can even stand toe-to-toe with Dave Chappelle, and we’re all supposed to take him seriously. I mean her. Whichever it is.
Very confused the news podcasts I listen to dropped that school shooting like a hot potato. Isn't this a big win for equality or diversity or something?
I am so happy you did not out on a wig and lipstick and call yourself a woman!!!!!!!!!