Musted be Disgusted.
Ah. David Letterman.
I personally never watched The Late Night Show with David Letterman, but when I watched this clip, it infuriated me.
It shows David Letterman screaming
“AMANDA SIMPSON WAS A DOOD?!” with a total (O.O) expression on his face. Amanda Simpson, by the way, is an openly transgendered woman that is the first EVER transgender to be presidential appointee.
What’s so wrong with the humor, you ask?
The blatant transphobia and transmisogyny. I, myself, have to say a few things. First of all: I’ve heard and seen this joke before. David Letterman, if you’re going to be a douche bag, at least be an original douche bag.
It’s the old “straight cis dude is shocked to “discover” he’s been “duped” into “accidentally” sleeping with a trans woman. He reacts how he’s supposed to – he’s sickened and he panics. Cue laugh track. Seriously Dave, your transphobia couldn’t have been a little more original?– Feministing.
1 in every 12 transgendered people are murdered. Do you know what people use as justification? The transgendered women was “dishonest” and “promiscuous” and “tricked” the straight cis man into sleeping with her. Honey, we all do things we aren’t proud of. But no one deserves to be put to death for who they are.
