Aaaaand... did you see this incredibly dumb thing Dave Chappelle said a couple of days ago?
Jesus
Christ, what a dumbass. How, exactly, does Dave Chappelle know the precise length of time Abby Schachner stayed on the phone with the large
orange pervert? Was it a conference call? Is he judging her by the
length of time he stays on the phone with unprosecuted masturbating
sex-offenders? Perhaps, during the incident, Schachner thought the big orange comedian — with
whom she believed she might be working,
like, professionally — had just gotten into the house after a nice long
normal relaxing workout, and hung up as soon as she discerned the
tell-tale fapping noise of fingers on foreskin amidst all the gasping
and wheezing? And how, in any case, is this a question of personal responsibility on the part of the victim?
Who the fuck is this idiot, Paul Ryan? How does Dave Chappelle manage, with such resolution, to avoid drawing a line between "a woman, as an
eternally-potential victim of sexual assault, has a responsibility to
mitigate her exposure to predators" and "a black American, as an
historically-persecuted minority, has a responsibility to mitigate their
resemblance to the sort of person a police officer might feel compelled
to murder"? I feel as though it might be just a simple failure of empathy: "racist law enforcement officials" is an oppressive group to which Dave Chappelle decisively does not belong, but "diseased male assholes who regard women as fuckholes with whom they are perpetually at war" is a label that might fit a little more comfortably.
Women are criticized for believing that all men are
potential rapists, and then also criticized for not accepting the hard, obvious fact
that all men are potential rapists. We're evil, hysterical basilisks until the exact moment we are required to become innately defenseless weaklings so their alibis will stand up in court. Get fucked, Dave Chappelle.
P.S. — I wonder if Chappelle has ever met Andrew Sullivan? Sully has some very interesting made-up ideas about hormones that he might find very compelling.
P.P.S — I
don't expect comedians to be inoffensive, of course. Nor to I expect
comedians, or indeed humans of any variety, to agree with all my
political positions. I do expect adults of all professions to be able to
prosecute a complete thought, though. I also generally prefer that a professional comedian
at least make visible efforts in the direction of regurgitating actual jokes when on stage. If I wanted to be pointlessly
offended, I would patronize an "offendian."
