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hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 3 hours agoIf this post said he looks gay
Actually I still see tons of posts in the shitposting community that poke fun at gays.
If we went by your rules then all 1 hour comedy specials that make problematic jokes (aka all of them) would be taken down.
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 1 hour ago
There are fair critisisms to make of OP’s post, this is frankly not a good one. The difference is that op is in community (here, on lemmy) with the person who posted the meme, and op is entirely justified in telling people they’re in community with that their behavior is harmful
We’re not taking about canceling someone or taking things off netflix, we’re talking about whether this platform with many trans people on it treats trans people, currently experiencing lots of vulnerability, with respect and care, or denigrates that already vulnerable group.
The argument that vulnerable people can’t critisize people they’re in community with for not treating them with care when they’re actively threatened, just because it happens in the form of a post of a comedian’s joke, sucks.
Personally, I pointed out this is a shitpost comm and the wrong place to vent, and that the images they’re comparing the referenced one to aren’t really the same thing. But please don’t tell vulnerable people they’re wrong to take issue with people posting hurtful things just because its a joke.
Jokes can still denigrate and disrespect people. People are valid to want to be respected as human beings while online, and are entitled to saying they as a vulnerable person feel the people they’re in community with are failing to treat them with respect.