And the outrage of the day goes to Boing Boing over this picture of a “feline” that identifies as “German Shepherd”:
https://twitter.com/BoingBoing/status/589095954189430787
Because, you see, it’s transphobic:
https://twitter.com/RachelCraves/status/589096040587997184
@BoingBoing Dude. Disappointingly transphobic. Not cool.
— Steph Ivy Whiteside (@stephgwhiteside) April 17, 2015
@BoingBoing I'm not on board with this sentiment at all. @VoxVorago
— KariAnn Ramadorai (@KariAnnWrites) April 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/dgstieber/status/589096647126200320
https://twitter.com/shapelike/status/589097380227719169
@BoingBoing yes it has cats, but it makes light of trans struggle. Humor should punch up, not make the ugly palatable with cats.
— Dennis Collinson (@dnscollective) April 17, 2015
@BoingBoing really? transphobia?
— Just Brian (@batenkaitos) April 17, 2015
Nice hate, jerks. RT“@BoingBoing: http://t.co/p4CmcNbdKZ”#BoycottTransphobicBoingX2
— Billy ??? (@Billy_r_ps) April 17, 2015
Ugh, @BoingBoing, really? Cat memes don't make transphobic jokes okay. Please apologize and take this shit down.
— Slo W. Poke [@[email protected]] (@SlowpokeTail) April 17, 2015
Boing Boing responds:
@stephgwhiteside wait WHAT it's literally a stoner cat joke. Some of US are Trans.
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) April 17, 2015
@stephgwhiteside jokes about cats and internet culture are okay! It doesn't mean we are mocking Trans people!
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) April 17, 2015
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Huh? Not sure where they’re getting that the cat is stoned.
https://twitter.com/alain_vde/status/589101398572343298
.@stephgwhiteside I look forward to a prompt apology from @BoingBoing. Cats make most things likable, but not transphobia. Furreal.
— Dennis Collinson (@dnscollective) April 17, 2015
@BoingBoing I think you mean "we are sorry, we didn't realize we were being transphobic, thank you for educating us".
— Dennis Collinson (@dnscollective) April 17, 2015
@BoingBoing Okay, but it reads as a joke about identity pretty easily from the outside.
— Steph Ivy Whiteside (@stephgwhiteside) April 17, 2015
@anarchic_teapot @lizditz @BoingBoing It looked transphobic to me, before I saw any comments… if really a stoner cat joke, not a good one.
— Michael Looney (@Carrie_Looney_) April 17, 2015
Prediction: Boing Boing caves and takes down the photo, but here it is for posterity!
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Update:
‘Hilarious dumba**ery’: Boing Boing sneers at ‘right wing lunatics’ who defended them
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