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So Stephen Colbert is going to be hosting The Late Show
Valdís:
--- Quote from: LeeC on 11 Apr 2014, 08:04 ---I find it amusing how the trans topic bled into this one about a new late night show host. Bled is too light a term, more like flooded.
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Well, it wouldn't have if it wasn't for the fact that said "Late night show host" won't stop being vehemently transphobic. I fail to see the amusing thing about that.
LeeC:
Your examples hardly shows Colbert being "vehemently transphobic." To be vehemently transphobic would be spouting angry emotional rhetoric against transgendered. I hardly see a pun used for (not against) rights equality as being "vehemently transphobic." Again this seems hardly the place to discuss such things in my honest opinion. Ergo the "amusement." I will discuss this no further.
On topic: On the Colbert Report he always seemed to have entertaining interviews with writers, actors, and other people of interest so I think the transition from show to show won't be too bad. At least he can keep a straight face when delivering a line unlike Jimmy Fallon who always cracks up (I know that I probably would too though, but I'm no talk-show/actor host). I was never really a fan of David Letterman nor Jay Leno but Jimmy Fallon and Conan O'Brien have been my favorite late night talk shows.
Valdís:
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Yeah, you just cissplain away his constant degrading slurs and transmisogynistic "jokes" and unapologetic responses, sure. Clearly I just don't understand why it isn't transphobic.
And what fucking "pun in support of trans rights" would that be? And how come you're framing it as "that one thing" rather than a constant pattern of behaviour for years and years?
Edit: Are you seriously saying "trans people are disgusting untouchables that I don't want near my property" is in SUPPORT of us?!
Barmymoo:
Well of course that's the difficulty with having separate threads for separate issues - most things overlap issues. Do we put this thread in the Enjoy section because it's about TV, or in Discuss because it's about bigoted views?
LeeC:
To be honest it seems like most of this could be pulled into the Trans thread about Comedy Central's "news shows" being transphobic as its off topic about Stephen Colbert joining The Late Show.
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