Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 57/@comment-5356835-20150725005334/@comment-68.58.69.227-20150725031201

Also trans* jokes are a bit contentious since they're difficult to do well without just being a statement of political beliefs that happens to be funny to people who share your beliefs. Like all jokes, they tend to be built upon somewhat untrue stereotypes. But trans* jokes tend to be based upon one particular stereotype in general: that transwomen (and usually it's transwomen on the recieving end) aren't "real" women and are lying to themselves and society. That particular stereotype gets a disturbing amount of people killed, shunned, or driven to suicide every year. No, trans jokes don't literally kill people. But they tend to perpetuate a belief that does get people killed. And at some point it's kind of not funny to kick people while they're down. But, for what it's worth, I didn't find anything wrong with this one since it wasn't necessarily based upon that belief.