I think my issue, more than anything, is that all this is just terribly lazy. It’s not clever, it’s not insightful, it’s not novel or fresh. Dude could mix in some “take my wife!” jokes and they would be about as timely.

I don’t even understand his argument about passing through the legs of a woman. Is my daughter not a human being because my wife needed an emergency c-section? I really wish comedians wouldn’t adopt an ignorant view based on some faulty logic then try to wave it all away with “it’s just jokes!”

Here is his “defense” of anti-trans jokes:

“Comedians have a responsibility to speak recklessly. Sometimes the funniest thing to say is mean. Remember, I’m not saying it to be mean: I’m saying it because it’s funny.”

Yeah, there’s a wide chasm between intent and impact that most people rarely see.

How hard can it be to punch up, not down? I miss the racism-skewering Chappelle, not the weird transphobic Chappelle we have now.

I’m in the same age range and grew up around the corner from his high school alma mater in Chicago. Trust me, I know.

I get the intent of the first line in this article but this was the opposite of “quick”. I’m 42 years old and knew he belonged in jail when I was a child just from hearing open secrets about him at the bus stop or on local radio. 

“ Ahhh, so white people don’t want to be a minority?”

Why, are minorities treated poorly or something?

Cool. Just keep racking up the years that he’s going to spend in that 5x8, likely in a Iso ward. If he doesn’t hang himself in the first year, I’ll be shocked.

Real talk; I can’t remember the last time I felt such instantaneous, visceral rage at the very sight someone who wasn’t the last POTUS.

I. I am so grateful for The Root’s extensive coverage of this trial. For far too long, nobody but Jim DeRogatis bothered to report on Robert Kelly’s crimes against black girls.

I feel like Cannick watched the Boondocks and said, “Hey, that could work!”

That is the weirdest game of Fuck/Marry/Kill I have ever heard

Nah, all cops are bastards.

I, for one, am shocked, SHOCKED, to hear that a former officer of the law was anything less than 100% reliable and trustworthy when speaking under oath.

Unkillable, inexhaustible and always saving this godforsaken shit-show from turning into a tragedy.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed this video. So much so, that I’ve watched it over and over. My favorite part is the lady that says “OOOO, you got yours buddy” but in the end this white man gets to stagger home and so many of us don’t. We’re left with keys in the door and gripping cell phones as we lay dying. I’m sorry,…

Ha! That woulda been so perfect! The fumble eased the tension for a split second, and he took advantage of that like a freaking cobra.

Moments after the can collision with his face, the door-bell ringing made me laugh....