Blake Lively repeatedly refers to transgender people as traxxies in resurfaced interviews

[jemgirl90]

Fury as Blake Lively repeatedly refers to transgender people as trannies in resurfaced interviews https://t.co/LCUykYaPgW pic.twitter.com/Z64aILEELW
- Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) August 18, 2024
Source:https://twitter.com/DailyMail/status/1825279598696796503Read more... )

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[ponyboy]

this is really old news she's addressed before. this hate train is boring.

[pantless_deacon]

Oh, well if SHE addressed it, I guess it never happened/

[team_kinkajou]

IDK I grew up in NYC, and until around 2010, it felt like everything was chaotic, with casual use of words that are now considered offensive. Back in high school, like most people around me, I used those terms without thinking much about their impact. Everything was a t*anny hot mess, gay or r*tarded.

[hazypink]

I’m gonna tell on myself and say gun to my head I would have sworn I was never a person who used the r word EVER but my friend sent me some notes I passed her in 2009 where I used it to refer to myself. Reminds me of when shitty influencers call each other out for being racist only to have their own tweets dug up.

I believe people when they say they didn’t say gay or the r word, just admitting to believing I wasnt a scumbag ableist teenager when I was, and if you’re old like me don’t be surprised if you don’t have a perfect memory for being more of a shithead than you thought

[silverstarry]

Memory is a tricky thing. There are things that I definitely remember saying and doing, but I'm sure that there are a million things that I've forgotten I said or did (some of which other people probably remember me doing). Knowing that, I would bet that I said some shitty things in my younger years that I have no recollection of ever saying.

There was a reality show called High School Reunion where the producers gathered a group of former classmates together for a week. There were some tearful confrontations between bullies and their victims and in at least once instance, the bully seemed genuinely confused because he had no memory of even talking to the other person in high school, let alone saying mean things to them. In contrast, the victim remembered word for word some of the things this person said to them and had been carrying those insults with them for a decade. Ever since then, I have wondered if there was anything I said that I've forgotten but that really hurt someone else and that they still remember (there are some very

[lolzerz]

i grew up in SF which was supposed to be the most progressive city in USA, and i heard all types of people using those words in the early 2000s. i do think social media really turned things around.

[bluesforgotten]

Not defending her because she has put her foot in her mouth enough times to make it clear she’s an issue and they aren’t all oopsies. That word definitely evolved in cultural use (“hot t***** mess on project runway was in like 2005) but she’s using it in a way that indicates she thinks it’s gross and weird.

[jime22]

If we canceled people based on what they said in 2009, we would have no one left

[pantless_deacon]

Then, let's do it.

[howlin_wolf_66]

Nah, because that doesn't give people the opportunity to change, and if nobody is changing then nothing is being achieved.

[pantless_deacon]

I actually agree. Or, I would agree if we didn't know the person was still awful and that the thing we're discussing wasn't in line with the things they said or did back in 2000.

She made these comments around the same time Chis Brown did what he did, and we still dog on him because he clearly hasn't changed, and has continued to do shitty things in the vain of the initial reason we wanted him gone.

Blake used the word in 2009. Used it again in (I believe) 2011. Began her affair with Ryan in like 2010. Married him on a plantation in 2012. Started her pro-Antebellum website in 2014. Was shitty to the interviewer a year later, and has been doing weird shit to this day. Cancelling her over the 2009 remarks alone would probably be weird, but given everything since it ads to her history, and shows a pattern.

[autoscopy]

Like it's a bad look but pretty tame for 2009. She comes across as someone who would have probably considered herself to be an ally lol

[floatinglately]

it’s really funny watching like TV shows from that era where you know in your bones that if you’d asked the writers about their feelings on gay marriage or trans rights (insofar as that was a thing people generally had a concept for at the time) they would have been like “i support love and identity” or “i have gay friends” - and they probably did! - but that didn’t stop them from the occasional extremely blatant mildly to moderately offensive gay joke. like i think in addition to opinions changing over time, there’s also been a shift in people coming around to the basic idea that these things are connected where now people will mostly not try to argue or on some level believe “being an ally has no bearing on my ability to make gay jokes” lol

[hazypink]

Speaking from my own childhood, being an early 2000s tween and being considered progressive for loving Will and Grace whilst learning more slurs for lgbtq people than ever CERTAINLY was a time lmao