“In the 70s it was black and minority ethnic people, in the 80s it was gay people, trans people are just the latest to get it in the neck from comedians who can’t be bothered to try at their jobs anymore. I cannot stand there and watch another dogshit comedian go: ‘Ooohh if a woman can identify as a man, maybe I’ll identify as a chair!’ Why don’t you identify as good comedians, you hack motherfuckers?!”
- Nish Kumar: “It’s In Your Nature To Destroy Yourselves pt.2”
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Yeah but you need to actually hear the full clip and the fury and passion and glee (because he knows he’s nailing them) in his voice. (Wish I could find the audio somewhere other than Twitter, but I can’t.
here it is!
[ID: a tweet by user SpillerOfTea that says: (quote) Why can’t we do jokes about trans people? What makes them so special? (end quote)
You can. This is how you do jokes about trans people without being a down-punching cock. It’s not hard.
Sound on, and pray to whatever god you believe in to bless Nish Kumar.
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Transcription: content warning for mentions of sexual assault
It’s a fucking piece of shit! The first 10 minutes are shit comedy. No judgements, we’ve all done that. Some of us are doing it right now. But then the next 10 minutes is just him having a go at trans people. Guys, why is everyone so angry with trans people?! What did they do? There’s like 12 of them. Why is everyone so upset? Everyone’s like “Oh, do you say he or she?” I don’t know, ask. It’s not an unsolvable conundrum. Also, in my experience, trans people are not deliberately mysterious when you do ask. It’s not like you ask and they go (imitating a ghost in a sing-songy voice) “Ooooh, oooh I’ll never tell.” You’re thinking of poltergeists!
And there are a lot people, to be fair, most of them cisgender heterosexual men who say things like this (mockingly): “Oh if you let trans women use women’s bathrooms, then they’ll do sex attacks.” Now there’s a few problems with that. Firstly, to be fair, they don’t say “do sex attacks.” Secondly, trans people are overwhelmingly the victims of sexual violence more so than they are the perpetrators of it by an unbelievably large amount.
And thirdly, do you honestly think that if there’s someone out there willing to commit a sex attack, arguably the worst thing one human being can do to another. Do you honestly think if there is someone out there, regardless of their gender identity, who has done the logical gymnastics required in going into thinking that you can perpetuate the worst thing one human being can do to another, do you honestly- do you, do you think they’re currently being put off by a sign on a door? This has never happened. “Oh, I’m gonna do such a big sex attack. Oh it’s gonna be the biggest sex attack. It’s gonna be the biggest se- Oh sorry I didn’t realize this was the ladies.” That’s never happened! (audience cheers and applauds)
Fuck Ricky Gervais! Fuck Ricky Gervais! because what he’s doing is not edgy or interesting. He seems to think that it makes him an edgy or interesting comedian. It’s not. All he is is just the same as every other rich white dude comedian who gets too successful, runs out of ideas, and so just shits on the latest minority group. In the 1970s, that was my fucking family, it was black and minority ethnic people. In the 80s, it was gay people. Trans people are just the latest to get it in the neck from comedians who can’t be bothered to try at their jobs anymore. I cannot stand there and watch another dogshit comedian go: “Ooohh if a woman can identify as a man, maybe I’ll identify as a chair!” Why don’t you identify as good comedians, you hack motherfuckers?!“ . end transcript]
