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Duncan Grant

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9. Oh, bullshit. The trump/Mercury comparison is not equivalent or funny. Period.

Reply to Hestia (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:45 PM

Nov 2020

AIDS deaths aren’t funny. A legitimate “teachable moment” isn’t formulated upon ridicule or trivialization (or homophobia).

I find it as offensive as trump calling dead veterans “losers” and “suckers”.

Have some fucking respect.

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Did you see the SNL Dave Chapelle AIDS joke? (Insert Eddie Murphy laugh noises here.) [View all] Duncan Grant Nov 2020 OP

I was waiting for him to say A-Schwarzenegger Nov 2020 #1

Ladies and Germs, I get paid to tell AIDS jokes. I'll be here all week... Duncan Grant Nov 2020 #2

And people laughed, sadly pattyloutwo Nov 2020 #3

Not funny at all, is it? Duncan Grant Nov 2020 #4

Chappelle is self loathing. He saves special nasty for trans, a dead giveaway. Fuck him. (Nt) FreepFryer Nov 2020 #5

+1 Duncan Grant Nov 2020 #12

His misogynistic jokes about women deserving 50 cents on the dollar also cringe-worthy hlthe2b Nov 2020 #6

+1 Duncan Grant Nov 2020 #13

WTH? What is wrong with you people? He is not being anti-gay/anti-AIDS Hestia Nov 2020 #7

As a host to the LGBT group, I am going to ask you to reword or delete your post. Behind the Aegis Nov 2020 #8

Thank you. Duncan Grant Nov 2020 #10

Oh, bullshit. The trump/Mercury comparison is not equivalent or funny. Period. Duncan Grant Nov 2020 #9

He expressed pride about the acceptance of LGBT... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #11