To the handful of DUers who haven't figured this out yet:

[IngridsLittleAngel]

188. And what everyone defending this bit fail to get...

is that during this "touching tribute", Chappelle deadnames, misgenders and misidentifies Daphne ("good father".) Even while "paying tribute" to his "dear, late friend", he still can't hide the bigotry and transphobia he feels for an entire community.

No. It hasn't been overlooked by the LGBTQ community. Not in the least. We're all fully aware of what he said, and how he said it. Every word of it. We aren't "touched", we're hurt and angered over Chappelle playing the "my one trans friend" card - not unlike racists and their "one black friend."

Daphne's own roommate typed up a very lengthy post on Facebook (that's now hidden because she had to hide her profile) that was shared on Twitter that basically basically tears into this "tribute", says how empty and phony it is, and makes it clear that Chappelle was no friend to Daphne or the trans community.

It's the stuff like this that pushed the issue to the boiling point here in DU. Person after person telling us we have to listen, we have to see this, we have to understand that... Yet the same consideration isn't shown in return. When we say "This is hateful" and "That is cruel" and call out the phoniness and cruelty in this very "tribute", we're ignored, we're told to go to the corner, whatever.

Heck, I just had to alert on a reply to me in another thread by the same person going on about "biology." This person has been doing so for days. This despite EarlG's very post and this very thread.

But going back to this: The LGBTQ community has heard it all before when it's come to Chappelle and being expected to not rain on everyone's comedy special. The real question is, when do we get heard and understood on why this is so offense to us?