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post #201 of 210
I heard that Amanda Simpson was 2 hours late for her first day at work. She got lost driving through downtown DC, didn't have a map, and refused to stop and ask for directions.
post #202 of 210
Brief intermission from the shitstorm that's likely taking place in this thread right now. Here's Dan Savage's relatively moderate response to the issue.

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Simpson's breakthrough represents real progress for trans folks and for all sexual minorities and her achievement means things won't suck quite as much for the second or third or fourth transgender federal appointee—and things will suck less in part because the lame and obvious jokes will already have been told, the angry press releases will already have been sent out, the apologies will already have been made, and consciousnesses will—hopefully—have been raised just a bit. Letterman's will have.
That bit in bold is probably all that these organizations can really hope for and are probably aiming for - not censorship, not a complete rethinking of the parameters of good taste, and maybe not even a public apology (even if one was requested). Just a little introspection and maybe some empathy. Failing that, maybe just fewer dumb jokes next time.
post #203 of 210
This sort of seemed pre-destined, I mean as soon as there was a headline in the news about a transgendered person in the white house, Dave was always going to make a joke about it, it was always going to be corny, silly, over the top and a little tired. That's his shtick, he's still cracking Monica Lewinski jokes. Even in his creative prime his shtick was purposefully overusing jokes. And yeah it was an offensive joke, but that's most jokes. It doesn't mean the offended shouldn't be offended, but jokes make fun of things, it's what they do. Transgendered folk have a hard time, and a difficult life and that sucks, so doe's getting raped, but rape jokes are practically what the world is built on.

Get rid of this one joke and the world ends, is all I'm saying.


Edited to add When that crazy dude came on here and started talking about halo's and Jake made fun of him, that was awesome.
post #204 of 210
Hey Amanda, do you really need THREE different remotes?
post #205 of 210
Ah, this thread is really fun, way better than the joke itself.
post #206 of 210
Amanda Simpson doesn't want to hear this sort of the crap at the end of the day. After a busy day on the job, she just wants to kick back in her La-Z-Boy with an ice-cold Michelob and watch COPS repeats.
post #207 of 210
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Originally Posted by BusterG View Post
<snip>People have a right to NOT sleep with transgendered people,
Equal rights for people who sleep with people before they get to know them!!! Casual sex NOW!!!
post #208 of 210
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Originally Posted by BusterG View Post
According to the transgendered.

What is wrong with a "Woman in a man's body" simply accepting themselves AS that, and just learning to see it as a positive?

There's a lot of money being made on these radical surgical solutions, mutilating the body the people were born with.

I bet it does relieve their depression temporarily ... all the surgery, the complications, the hormone regimens, the dress-up, it's a great distraction from what's truly depressing them .... which is probably something much worse than being a "woman in a man's body."

I certainly don't condone murder or beating of anyone. But Transgendered people aren't born in their condition, they have to premeditatedly become "transgendered", and if they don't inform their sexual partners of their chromosomal gender, there's going to be a pretty violent reaction. I think it's the plastic surgery industry that is partly to blame for those deaths, by putting these surgery victims in harm's way.
I am afraid you would actually have a violent reaction, if someone shared that information with you. I'm not suspecting this of Letterman, but you actually do sound like a scary fellow, with a serious issue about ambiguity and your own sexual needs.

Nobody is talking about forcing something else onto you. I'm a heterosexual male myself, who is quite alright with his identity and loves women. But what the transgendered person is doing is none of your damn business, and actually doesn't concern you or involve yourself in any way, your rampant speculations sounding like moralistic judgments.

There's usually transgendered hookers around one of the more popular underground art/music venues in my city, and I do wonder if they pick up their trade there because for some reason artistic types tend to be more tolerant.
post #209 of 210
I bet it's because there's more artists who want to bang a dude in a chick's body.
post #210 of 210
Okay everyone. I put in a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request to get a look at Amanda Simpson's Netflix queue. Fortunately, she must have accessed her account at work, because I was able to get it!

AT HOME:

Mrs. Doubtfire
She's the Man
Yentl

IN QUEUE:

The Crying Game
Tootsie
The Matrix
Some Like it Hot
Glen or Glenda
Bosom Buddies: The Complete First Season (Disc 1)
Bosom Buddies: The Complete First Season (Disc 2)
Bosom Buddies: The Complete First Season (Disc 3)
Psycho
Victor/Victoria
Nuns on the Run
Ed Wood
To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
The Birdcage
Mulan
Big Momma's House
Speed Racer
The Hot Chick
Stardust
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