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Ricky Gervais pushes back against anti-trans joke criticism: 'I think I'm right'
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Jokes like those from people who said “just joking” are what kept me in the closet :(
i think you can make jokes about anything but they have to be very clever
almost all of the edgy jokes about these subjects are not and are just dog whistles or thinly disguised hate