Honestly, I know plenty of white and other transpeople who didn't find his jokes funny, as well as many a cis-gay and lesbian who also found his "jokes" to be offensive and, frankly, dangerous. I would say I am shocked at the responses in the main forum, but I am not. I am not surprised by those who defend him and his jokes at the expense of another marginalized community; I am not surprised by those who defend his jokes by telling us (supporters of the trans community) and trans people, they need to "chill out" and "get the hell over it"; and, I am not surprised there are those from our community who'd rather defend those people then their own. If someone wants to find his jokes funny, that is their opinion, and they are free to express it, as free as you and I are to express our disgust at those "jokes", the difference is, we aren't telling them to "chill" and "shut the fuck up"!
I am glad you posted this here, less noise of "oh, just chill out" here and people are more likely to see this, and perhaps, see there is another point of view, and maybe even re-think their view, maybe even to the point of no longer finding the humor in the "jokes" Chappelle told.
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