TimeForAction posted...
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain
He could have prevented himself from becoming a villain if he would have not latched onto the anti-trans hate train so many celebrities board the first time they get pushback for insensitive statements towards the community they refuse to ponder on or reflect introspectively. Instead of wondering if they said something fucked up, they go full-force into Skinner "no, it's everybody else who's the problem" mode.
I still remember when he defended Kevin Hart because of a comment he was being assailed over he griped that people were coming after the black community and tried framing it as black people vs trans people, a statement that invalidates all black transfolk. He literally made it into an us vs them and from there he just became increasingly bitter and spiteful.
That's a big difference a lot of the people with the "gotcha's" about him punching down on poor black drug addicts are missing. When Chappelle did those jokes or skits he wasn't being hateful about it, yes he was using them as joke material, however it didn't seem malicious. We know that he's malicious towards the trans community and those who give him grief over it because he's made it a major ranting point. It's clearly something that bothers him on a personal level, whereas if the former subject material bothered him it's because he wanted to bring attention to the issue in hopes for change, or at the most cynical just for money.
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