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This is really grasping at straws, there was a massive movement that essentially lasted all last summer to protest against police violence against black people.

This is really grasping at straws, there was a massive movement that essentially lasted all last summer to protest against police violence against black people. There have been multiple large demonstrations this year. I've seen nothing even approaching that scale for trans people. Maybe Dave is spending too much time online. If his stance is "sometimes this (about me) gets more attention than that (about them)" then it's even more absurd. Especially considering that intersectional violence is particularly bad for black trans women. Roxane Gay had a decent opinion piece in the NY Times if you want an opinion from a black feminist. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/opinion/dave-chappelle-netflix-trans.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/opinion/dave-chappelle-ne...

kcplate 5y ago
> I've seen nothing even approaching that scale for trans people. Perhaps that has to do with the fact that there were 44 reported cases of fatal violence against trans people and 9900 against black people in 2020. Edit: fixed my stat
- micromacrofoot 5y ago
  not sure why you think it’s a pissing match and you’re moving the goalposts
  - kcplate 5y ago
    You got all that from a single statistic? Interesting.
    - micromacrofoot 5y ago
      well first you were saying there’s more outrage about trans people, and when presented with a contrary opinion you’re now singing a tune about the proportion of the outrage… come on, that’s not even what this is about
      - kcplate 5y ago
        The message of the show was about the ridiculousness of disproportionate outrage and places an exclamation point on his message. But yeah, two weeks and dozens of national news stories and demands to cancel and remove his show is probably just a few people “mad” at him for comparing trans genitalia to fake hamburger and not a living example of disproportionate outrage at all.

kcplate 5y ago

> I've seen nothing even approaching that scale for trans people. Perhaps that has to do with the fact that there were 44 reported cases of fatal violence against trans people and 9900 against black people in 2020. Edit: fixed my stat

micromacrofoot 5y ago
not sure why you think it’s a pissing match and you’re moving the goalposts
- kcplate 5y ago
  You got all that from a single statistic? Interesting.
  - micromacrofoot 5y ago
    well first you were saying there’s more outrage about trans people, and when presented with a contrary opinion you’re now singing a tune about the proportion of the outrage… come on, that’s not even what this is about
    - kcplate 5y ago
      The message of the show was about the ridiculousness of disproportionate outrage and places an exclamation point on his message. But yeah, two weeks and dozens of national news stories and demands to cancel and remove his show is probably just a few people “mad” at him for comparing trans genitalia to fake hamburger and not a living example of disproportionate outrage at all.