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Dave Chappelle Says ‘I Resent the Republican Party’ Because They ‘Weaponized’ Transgender Jokes: ‘That’s Not What I Was Doing’ (variety.com)

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[–] tabris@lemmy.world 92 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

“I guess apparently they had made a pledge to the public at large that they would make their club a safe space for all people, and that they would ban anything they deemed transphobic,” Chappelle reacted on his “The Midnight Miracle” podcast at the time. “This is a wild stance for an artistic venue to take, especially one that’s historically a punk rock venue.”

This guy doesn't understand any subculture, does he? The punks are, historically, very anti-fascist, and the ones I know are also some of the strongest queer allies I've ever met. And this guy is surprised that they didn't want his bigotry masquerading as humour.

[–] homes@piefed.world 16 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

The punks were extremely LGBTQ+ acceptant, even as far back as the 60s and 70s

Queercore

That’s part of what made them so fucking hot… all that leather? Are you kidding me?

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 2 points 51 minutes ago

🤯 I was today years old when I learned that...

[–] SparkyBauer44@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

Thank you! A friend tried that shit with me. "Why are you so against this, you hang out with racist skinheads!"... Face-palm. Amazing how one movie painted a whole anti racist subculture into boneheads. There are very few racist skinheads, FYI. It's a very working class pro Unity subculture. IT WAS JUST A MOVIE!

[–] paper_moon@lemmy.world 18 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

After not having a great time towards the end of highschool, I ended up spending most of my free time.between classes, in classes, and lunch, etc with the punk kids and the potheads. And they were some of the nicest and coolest fucking kids I've ever met. Super glad I had that experience because it definitely broke that propaganda fueled view I had of those two groups, for when i entered adulthood.

[–] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 51 minutes ago

Kind of similar for me, except that even the punk people found me too weird/boring/annoying. They were nice about it but definitely not interested in spending time with me, just taking pity on me.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And it’s not like you can’t make jokes involving trans people, just don’t make jokes at the expense of trans people.

[–] Naich@piefed.world 14 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Humour doesn't punch down. That's just bullying.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 hour ago

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.