This is just really disappointing and stupid of Lindsay Ellis to do. Especially after she just did a big talk at the XOXO festival about being harassed by bigots, for her now to trade in ironic bigoted jokes. Ironic jokes that are still punching down aren't any better. Like ironic Nazis are still Nazis.
So, Ricky Gervais, the comedian who can't help name-searching on Twitter to totally show he's not affected by people criticising him, did a flex tweet about his insecurity.
Lindsay Ellis tweeted at him about his insecurity.
She also replied to Kat Blaque's tweet about how Ricky Gervais makes transphobic jokes.
You think that would be the end of it?
Nope, Lindsay Ellis tweets a few days later some transphobic jokes. The first one, "I identify as Ricky Gervais", which she deleted after being got criticised by people to delete the joke, and then she doubled down with a second transphobic joke, "How dare you assume Ricky Gervais" which is still up.
Like the point of comedy, at least effective comedy, is to punch up, not punch down.
Lindsay Ellis is friends with transgender content creators, and is well aware of the optics for transphobic language. So Lindsay Ellis making ironic transphobic jokes, is it really meant to burn Ricky Gervais? Not really. It's just even more punching down and even validating "the one joke".
Anthony DellaRosa has a good Twitter thread about Lindsay Ellis' transphobic jokes:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is coming after Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints) has been criticised again for her views on non-binary people and for inviting Buck Angel, a transmedicalist, as a voice-over on her Opulence video. Lindsay Ellis and Philosophy Tube have been asking for people to appreciate Contrapoints and defend her against the critics. Hbomberguy was disappointed that he didn't know he would be featured alongside Buck Angel in the video, especially considering he did a trans charity stream for Mermaids. The Opulence thread is worth reading in its entirety to catch up with all of this.
Natalie's response to the Buck Angel controversy: https://www.resetera.com/threads/contrapoints-opulence.146668/post-26053088
korviday has made a great video on optics about this whole Contrapoints non-binary scandal, Lindsay Ellis, and Philosophy Tube.
So, Ricky Gervais, the comedian who can't help name-searching on Twitter to totally show he's not affected by people criticising him, did a flex tweet about his insecurity.
Lindsay Ellis tweeted at him about his insecurity.
She also replied to Kat Blaque's tweet about how Ricky Gervais makes transphobic jokes.
You think that would be the end of it?
Nope, Lindsay Ellis tweets a few days later some transphobic jokes. The first one, "I identify as Ricky Gervais", which she deleted after being got criticised by people to delete the joke, and then she doubled down with a second transphobic joke, "How dare you assume Ricky Gervais" which is still up.
Like the point of comedy, at least effective comedy, is to punch up, not punch down.
Lindsay Ellis is friends with transgender content creators, and is well aware of the optics for transphobic language. So Lindsay Ellis making ironic transphobic jokes, is it really meant to burn Ricky Gervais? Not really. It's just even more punching down and even validating "the one joke".
Anthony DellaRosa has a good Twitter thread about Lindsay Ellis' transphobic jokes:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is coming after Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints) has been criticised again for her views on non-binary people and for inviting Buck Angel, a transmedicalist, as a voice-over on her Opulence video. Lindsay Ellis and Philosophy Tube have been asking for people to appreciate Contrapoints and defend her against the critics. Hbomberguy was disappointed that he didn't know he would be featured alongside Buck Angel in the video, especially considering he did a trans charity stream for Mermaids. The Opulence thread is worth reading in its entirety to catch up with all of this.
Natalie's response to the Buck Angel controversy: https://www.resetera.com/threads/contrapoints-opulence.146668/post-26053088
korviday has made a great video on optics about this whole Contrapoints non-binary scandal, Lindsay Ellis, and Philosophy Tube.
Last edited: