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originally posted by: asabuvsobelow
I wanted to touch on the Subject of Transsexuals and Comedy for a moment in particular Stand-up Comedy . Stand-Up Comedians are stage actors who's job it is to make us laugh , they are brilliant cultural artist who have the innate ability to talk about anyone and anything in a crowded room and make that crowded room feel more together .
That is except for Transsexuals , for some reason Transsexuals are to be considered untouchable . Now If I understand correctly Transsexuals want to be accepted into society as normal , they want to be apart of Modern culture yes ?
One of the best signs that you are being accepted into a culture is that you are included in a Stand-up Comedy act . To be able to look in the mirror and laugh at yourself and understand that culturally we are accepting you because we are making fun of you , we are not laughing at you we are laughing with you and we accept your struggle as real now let us ease your pain by making you laugh .
But if this radical outrage by the Trans community continues just because they are being made apart of jokes , then something worse will happen , you will be excluded from the jokes and made pariahs of society . If your struggle is real then stop being so sensitive about your struggle , People are trying to accept you cant you see that ?
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Vroomfondel
There is story about this ... the one where the men come to town and convince the emperor he's receiving the most fantastic clothing ever so long as he pays them well, and they pretend to make stuff. The Emperor doesn't want to admit he can't see it, so he goes along with them, and everyone else goes along with the Emperor.
Yeah, that story ... The transperson is the one with the fake clothing telling the rest of us he/she has the best clothes ever and screeching if we try to say he's naked. So more and more people simply go along insisting they see the clothing too. Meanwhile the trans is naked. People need to stand up and point it out and stop being intimidated into the game.