I haven't read every post in this thread, sorry if I'm just saying the same thing as somebody else.
"Humor is the great leveler, after all. It’s part of what makes us human, regardless of gender or race. If you can’t joke about a particular demographic, you’re basically saying that demographic isn’t equal. I don’t know about you, but I find that pretty terrible."
We've disproven this already, haven't we? We've gotten past this, right? Punching up and not down,"equal opportunity" comedy not working due to societal imbalances of power, we've had this conversation, no?
If he did get harassed (I haven't seen anything of it, he hasn't used that word himself-I'm not saying he hasn't, but we seem to be jumping the gun a tad), that's obviously going out of bounds, but it was a pretty shitty thing to post. I'm not "outraged," I've certainly seen more offensive jokes about this subject, I don't think this means he's a total asshole who hates trans people and we need to boycott him, but I hope he reflects and maybe apologizes, because it was a shitty joke.
And you're not going to convince me this isn't a shitty joke that is at least somewhat at the expense of the trans community. You're not going to convince me that Jenner is not at least one of the butts of this joke. You're not going to convince me that it was a total coincidence that the most well known trans woman right now happened to be the woman they compared Brett Michaels, a man, to in appearance.
And I think a lot of people are misusing Ron Johnson's recent stuff in this situation. What he covers are largely private figures, everyday folks who arbitrarily end up becoming symbols of various kinds of impression due to a mistake they made not thinking they were under the public eye. Troy Baker is a public figure. He is a guy we all knew from the headline, who is aware of the level of reach his comments have due to his career. It's a double-edged sword, it helps him financially but he needs watch himself in scenarios like this. He's aware of this, and that's what separates him from the Justine Sacco's of the world.

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