“We are in a new dawn of gender and sex complexity, where those who don’t fit in a simple binary are meant to be seen with humanity,” he says. “It wasn’t always like this, people. As recently as, let’s say, the 1990s, early 2000s, people were making shitty, reductive jokes about the subject.”appeared on screen beside him. “What can I say, the joke rhymed,” he adds. “Shitty and reductive jokes are kind of my brand.
From there, the host moves on to more modern examples of the “vicious backlash” to this new moment of “progressive visibility” and notably does not include any video evidence of his past transgressions.from 2013 calling on both Stewart and his Comedy Central partner Stephen Colbert to “reject transphobia” on their respective shows cites a couple of examples.
So as cathartic as it is during the new episode to watch him challenge the ignorant arguments of conservative pundits like Ben Shapiro—and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, whom he speaks to directly—Stewart knows that he is hardly seen as an authority on the issue. That’s why he also brings in an endocrinologist, two parents of trans children, and Chase Strangio, a trans attorney with the ACLU, to help him understand what the anti-trans movement is getting so wrong.
The simple fact that Stewart decided to dedicate his show’s Season 2 premiere to the topic—and acknowledge that he has historically been part of the problem—is commendable. And it stands in sharp contrast to his
He does not speak for the entire comedy community. There are NO sacred cows. EVERYONE is fair game to be made fun of.
Are they exempt from jokes now?
Jokes are subjective, if you get offended by them don't listen anymore. You aren't forced to. I'm fat and fat jokes are hilarious to me.
That a pathetic man
Chappelle is not a wuss like Jon Stewart. Keep it up Dave Chappelle
I don’t think Jon or any comedian should be forced to apologize for making a joke. If he voluntarily does so, because he personally thinks what he said is wrong, that’s cool and good for him. I know the trans community will appreciate it. Takes balls to admit you were wrong.
Jon Stewart bows to his trans overlords.
Jon Stewart did what his friend Dave Chappelle has refused to do: cuck hard to the whims of people that will always have a problem with him.
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