A few days ago, I read something that said Ricky Gervais made transphobic jokes. I was thinking about what did he say? We it really transphobic? We've seen Dave Chappelle called transphobic, and homophobic for making jokes that were neither. I went and watched Gervais' new comedy special, Super Nature, on Netflix. It was very funny, like his others, and those supposed transphobic jokes, weren't at all transphobic. Compared to Dave Chappelle's jokes, which as I said weren't transphobic, Ricky's jokes were kind. Unlike Chappelle he seemed to give them the benefit of the doubt and referred to trans women, as being women. This despite the fact that you can't change your biological sex. He said nothing mean spirited. He made a point about the changing of standards, and how that could affect you reputation years from now. I guess not enough Social Justice Warriors, have faced that circumstance for them to learn about it. A lot of these Social Justice Warriors are just assholes, using their causes to be assholes for what they feel are the right causes.
How far will things go? What little jokes will be considered transphobic next? What about those people calling Gervais transphobic? Why isn't there pressure on them to actually prove that his jokes were transphobic? If those jokes were as bad as the critics pretend it was, it shouldn't be that difficult to explain. You can be for trans rights, and still disagree with certain things that are generally accepted in the movement. In the current time, so many people seem to take that approach. You disagree on a little something, and you are the enemy. It's going on across to board in both political parties, especially the Democrats now, and many in other movements.
The Gervais backlash hasn't been great thus far. Not as bad as the backlash Dave Chappelle got, but the fact that he's getting this backlash at all, for the jokes he made is a bit scarry. There may be nothing short of bowing down, or shutting up, that would be good enough to satisfy many of these SJWs. Many of them would have it no other way.
