If a comedian never crosses the line, I’m not sure I can respect them.

nah, these weren’t even jokes. they were just lazy attempts to justify his issues with outrage culture by doubling down on his transphobia. there wasn’t some amazing insight, and this is a netflix special, not some material he was testing.

“You can’t punch down if you don’t believe you’re above them, if you respect them as equals.”

I think the frustration is more that Chapelle is a smart comedian, and it’s just disappointing to see him do such cheap shots, especially when Black Trans women keep getting murdered. For someone who has some astute observations, these jokes are coming from his own transphobia and his own rage at the trans community…

just pull it, he’s a huge influence on people, this just gives people the green light to be transphobic and claim “they’re just joking”. It’s netflix, it’s a company, it’s not some freedom of speech issue, they can pull it. I don’t know if people realize the level of self harm this will ripple through the queer communi…

No that’s not what he does. He’s transphobic. And his attempts at pointing out “hypocrisy” were hollow and disingenuous.

Look, if our millionaire comedians can’t make fun of marginalized groups, then don’t the terrorists somehow win?

jebus, he doubled down on it? Fuckin A he can talk about literally anything he wants to and get paid millions of dollars and THIS is what he’s passionate about? The earlier transphobic stuff really soured me on that special and made me start to reconsider him. Then I watched 8:46 and it wasn’t amazing, but more than…

Said edginess is just saying dude in a dress or I identity as a helicopter.  If I wanted lame repetitive comedy that punches down I'd watch Bill Maher.

Not even transphobic jokes at this point. Just full-on hate speech without even an attempt at humor.

I know people love those two comedians and they are influential, but goddamn did they punch down hard and frankly that gets tiring.  Its not clever or funny, it's not like those two excuse the behavior but if your going to be like this at the very least be entertaining.  

Oh Jesus Christ.  As someone who has struggled with gender identity and after this year identity as a woman this is goddamn miserable.  I live in the same state Chappelle calls home and people loooooove him here.  Siding with JK Rowling is a rather quick and easy way to out yourself as an asshole.

People go on about touchy-feely liberal clapter, but it’s always the edgy anti-PC crowd who give these tedious, preachy speeches. It’s the same kind of persecution complex that made late-period Lenny Bruce and Bill Hicks so exhausting.

These big baby whiner comics only take these criticisms as proof of their edginess. 

2003 Dave would probably strangle himself to prevent 2021 Dave’s existence if he knew he’d become the sorta asshole who panders to the people who made him quit Chappelle’s Show in the first place.

Robin Thicke is a piece of shit? A guy who wrote a song about how it’s so damn hard to realize if a woman wants to have sex with you? A blowhard who thought making an incredibly shitty album dedicated to his estranged wife would fix things? Impossible!

Glad we agree that Jurgen is someone we must all lay our life down for and prevent any harm coming to him, ever, for all eternity.  

Crystelle’s bouquet looked *stellar.* Maybe it’s because I watch too many professional baking competitions, but I thought Jurgen’s fondant (or whatever covering it was) looked kinda messy in the showstopper? I love his trombone family either way.

I am updating my email signature from today onwards:

My feeling is, broadly, that the hosts and judges have always been basically fine. Several seasons underwhelmed because the casting was off and the judges rewarded unambitious but reliable bakers and got rid of the best personalities early on meaning the show gets less interesting with every episode. Hopefully this…