Comma Chameleon’s response to you tells you everything you need to know about the way this discourse always plays out. If you don’t agree that bigoted jokes about marginalized communities are harmless, then people will imagine that you called them a Nazi, rather than saying something as anodyne and uncontroversial as…

This is the kind of thing we have to stop doing

Bro, he’s not going to appear out of nowhere and fellate you. 

He isn’t out there advocating for anything terrible

“I’m not angry about it, but we badly need regulation of social media so that this kind of behavior gets ratcheted down, in my opinion”

Academically, radical feminism is a branch of feminism that organizes its philosophy primarily around the patriarchy (rather than, say, economics or race), and TERFs are the subset of radical feminists who consider trans women part of the patriarchy. I’m pretty sure the term originated in the specific context of …

Man, you went from “I understand what you’re saying” to being willfully ignorant about this situation and deliberately reductive of my take.

“I’M NOT IN MY FEELINGS YOU’RE IN YOUR FEELINGS!”

but we badly need regulation of social media so that this kind of behavior gets ratcheted down, in my opinion.

“the leaps in logic”

“Dave Chapelle is funny, says funny things”

Did i ever intimate a cause-effect relationship between the two? Now *that* is reductive!

I’d love to hear more about how it’s reductive to draw a connection between anti-trans rhetoric in entertainment and anti-trans legislation gaining traction. I won’t hold my breath though.

There’s something deeply ironic about you reading that response and saying “they always jump to calling you a nazi,” and being the one to actually bring that term into the conversation.

“Stop acting like you’re under attack!” he said, logging on in defense of the rich entertainer.

I’d say declaring “I’m a terf and proud” in the midst of seismic anti-trans laws denying basic human rights getting passed is advocating for something incredibly terrible, but hey that’s just me.

Freedom of speech protects his right to be a bigot and a bully, and it protects our rights to call Dave Chappelle a piece of shit hack. Shit cuts both ways. 

Chappelle had no part in Saturdays show - why should be be onstage during goodbyes/credits? There was no bow for him to take because he didn’t do shit. There was a time I liked Dave Chappelle and his work (knowing a little about how he grew up), there was a time I hated his work - but this is a time for not giving a…

He isn’t out there advocating for anything terrible, and he’s definitely a person who would not stand for actual harm being done to anyone.

He identifies himself as “team terf” - just google him along with “terf” and you’ll find articles about it. Whether he is or not is up for debate, but it’s definitely what he says he is.