Dude if you want to enjoy the show, enjoy it. If you want to hate it then hate it. If you want to be pissed at being called a bigot, you're entitled to that. But people aren't obliged to be nicer about this subject in regards to LGBTQ+ representation because these conversations have been repeated and expounded on for generations. The writing already exists for yourself and the SP creators to actually learn about these issues and understand why exactly they offend people and what effect they have on modern society as a whole. If your goal is your own comfort then maybe you should stay away from topics like these. If your goal is actually helping in progressing culture and society, then that means actually listening to marginalized people when they say that "everything is on the table for comedy" is not at all a solid defense for harmful representation. Everything being on the table doesn't make everything funny or free from critique and rather can often lead to reinforcing gross and dangerous stereotypes that, in the context of trans people, lead to pain and suffering for the marginalized group in question.
what's up with you people dive bombing in to trans related thread when you know you aren't able to talk about the issue with proper tact?
Ok dude, I'm willing to believe you that you don't hate transgender people. I assume Matt and Trey don't either but it's conveyed by your posts and this episode that you all don't care about trans people and their pain. It's fine if you aren't affected by "jokes" like this, I'm not either by this or any other racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. shit that someone might say because I'm shielded by my cis/het/white/male privilege. What's important to understand is that this shield is often also a bag over our heads that can blind us to the pain experienced by others. This episode is causing real people real pain because it is portraying scenarios that, despite being completely ridiculous and false, certain people actually believe are true and possible. They see this episode and it emboldens their hatred of trans people by giving legitimacy to their imagined scenarios of men invading women's spaces under the guise of being trans. Trans people are like the most murdered minority so anything that increases hate towards them is fucking dangerous and that's why this needs to be called out and criticized.
They just sold off the airing rights for $500 MILLION
You're fucking verified? What a disgrace. Fuck off you transphobic piece of shit
What exactly is "oversensitive"? Calling out a show that peddles disgusting transphobia as satire? You've just said the show's not going anywhere yet somehow trans people and their allies are harming the creators or anything else by critiquing the show, right? Just like people, shows can have and express progressive ideals at one moment and regressive and outright harmful ones at another. And consumers are allowed to comment on and critique a show when it outright fails without having to give it a pass simply because it chooses to be correct some other times, particularly those who have to suffer when the piece of media blatantly sells an ideal that feeds the oppression of a marginalized group. If you consider SP free to critique anything then it's also free to be critiqued for anything. That's the reality of putting out media and being a piece of media doesn't give special privileges.
Hey now, they're a professional writer, not a professional reader :v
He knew how to read the room. He just wanted to shit on trans folks. Cause he's transphobic
Oh I know. The 'make fun of trans folk' part gave that away. Imagine going into a thread with multiple trans folk highlighting an issue and saying that shit. What is it about trans men and women that rustle so many god damn taint muscles? I don't fucking get it.
The questions republicans wonder.
I greatly appreciate the simplicity of this joke. Also I bet it's actually true in that poster's case.
I swear there was at least one here or in the Ricky Gervais thread
