SNL 01/30/21 (S46E10) -- H: John Krasinski, MG: Machine Gun Kelly
02-01-21, 03:12 PM
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02-02-21, 06:33 PM
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02-02-21, 08:00 PM
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Re: SNL 01/30/21 (S46E10) -- H: John Krasinski, MG: Machine Gun Kelly
People complaining online again
https://www.yahoo.com/news/saturday-...160116783.html
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and cast member Michael Che have been accused of transphobia following a controversial joke this past weekend.
During the “Weekend Update” segment, Che addressed President Joe Biden’s recent executive order reversing the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people serving openly in the military.
“It's good news, except Biden is calling the policy, ‘don't ask, don't tuck,’ which is not good news,” Che said.
The remark referred to the now-defunct “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which banned gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military from 1993 to 2010.
The skit drew swift criticism from transgender advocates and allies, who found it insensitive and offensive.
“This is gross,” Twitter user Robyn Sheopersad wrote. “When can trans people just exist without their genitalia being the topic/joke ugh.”
During the “Weekend Update” segment, Che addressed President Joe Biden’s recent executive order reversing the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people serving openly in the military.
“It's good news, except Biden is calling the policy, ‘don't ask, don't tuck,’ which is not good news,” Che said.
The remark referred to the now-defunct “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which banned gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military from 1993 to 2010.
The skit drew swift criticism from transgender advocates and allies, who found it insensitive and offensive.
“This is gross,” Twitter user Robyn Sheopersad wrote. “When can trans people just exist without their genitalia being the topic/joke ugh.”
02-02-21, 08:57 PM
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Re: SNL 01/30/21 (S46E10) -- H: John Krasinski, MG: Machine Gun Kelly
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02-02-21, 09:12 PM
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Re: SNL 01/30/21 (S46E10) -- H: John Krasinski, MG: Machine Gun Kelly
I don't get the transphobia thing.
Seems to me the complainers are just aggrieved people looking for an opportunity to draw attention to their status as a victim class.
I saw one tweet that accused Che of "punching down." Why does that joke have to be a punch? And why does it have to be downward?
Whatever you think of Jost and Che, by comparison to the average American, they are wealthy celebrities, does that mean every joke they make about regular people in the news is an instance of punching down that needs rebuke?
Seems to me the complainers are just aggrieved people looking for an opportunity to draw attention to their status as a victim class.
I saw one tweet that accused Che of "punching down." Why does that joke have to be a punch? And why does it have to be downward?
Whatever you think of Jost and Che, by comparison to the average American, they are wealthy celebrities, does that mean every joke they make about regular people in the news is an instance of punching down that needs rebuke?
02-02-21, 09:55 PM
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02-02-21, 10:51 PM
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Re: SNL 01/30/21 (S46E10) -- H: John Krasinski, MG: Machine Gun Kelly
I really wish tweets weren't reported as "news"
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