He said during his standup act at Capital One Arena in Washington that he granted the photo request by Boebert for a human moment to bridge the political divide but felt “blindsided” by her, according to a progressive influencers’ blog.
“It’s a shame she tricked me,” Chappelle said, according to Call to Activism. “I had two tickets to ’Beetlejuice’ and I was going to give her one!”
this is, and i mean this respectfully, one of the weakest condemnations imaginable if he’s actually got a problem with her doing this. this has zero teeth. it’s also literally Lauren Boebert, a person who has made her name being a freakish culture warrior–what did he think she was going to do?
The thing is, she couldn’t have framed it that way if he wasn’t a bigot to begin with.
Imagine she takes a picture like this with someone like AoC or whatever and captioned it that way. It would make no sense and just make her seem crazy. But it makes perfect sense with Chapelle because he’s been very clear that he’s transphobic.
I think he’s just uncomfortable with accepting the reality of the groups he’s become most aligned with. It’s cognitive dissonance.
this is, and i mean this respectfully, one of the weakest condemnations imaginable if he’s actually got a problem with her doing this. this has zero teeth. it’s also literally Lauren Boebert, a person who has made her name being a freakish culture warrior–what did he think she was going to do?
The thing is, she couldn’t have framed it that way if he wasn’t a bigot to begin with.
Imagine she takes a picture like this with someone like AoC or whatever and captioned it that way. It would make no sense and just make her seem crazy. But it makes perfect sense with Chapelle because he’s been very clear that he’s transphobic.
I think he’s just uncomfortable with accepting the reality of the groups he’s become most aligned with. It’s cognitive dissonance.
Of all the people to try to bridge a divide with… yeah, not buying it here either.