Bette Middler is the latest liberal celebrity to find out the hard way that her fellow liberals can’t take a joke. She tweeted, and then deleted, this on Caitlyn Jenner’s now-cancelled reality show, “I Am Cait”:
Yeah, that was a problem for fellow libs:
You're better than this transphobic "joke" https://t.co/SAdX3ZJXB5
— Eliel Cruz (@elielcruz) August 21, 2016
Or do I smell a transphobic bitch? https://t.co/p9MxzCXk28
— Johnny Cyrus (@ItsJohnnyCyrus) August 21, 2016
Wow. This is so disappointing coming from someone who's been an "ally" to the community. https://t.co/GASkQxeUk4
— Phillip Picardi (@pfpicardi) August 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/ChrisCrocker/status/767189629867028480
The fuck??? https://t.co/dKDEAKfaTb
— Daniel (@sillyolddaniel) August 20, 2016
Delete your transphobic mindset. https://t.co/8luVy2ukVv
— ☪️Josh Shahryar ✡️ (@JShahryar) August 20, 2016
After deleting the joke, she offered this apology:
DEAR FRIENDS @HRC, WHOM I HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED. SORRY LAST TWEET OFFENDED. AN IDLE MUSING. I SEEM TO HAVE MISREAD THE TEMPER OF THE TIMES.
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) August 21, 2016
Dear Bette Midler: I can't take my transness off and neither can Caitlyn Jenner https://t.co/jsNydpHu86
— HuffPost Queer Voices (@huffpostqueer) August 21, 2016
But that isn’t going over very well either:
You didn't misread anything. You were being a terrible example of humanity. @BetteMidler #girlslikeus https://t.co/wpOuv1xNlX
— Monnie the friendly ghost (@MonicaJeaninTN) August 22, 2016
This was supposed to go to @IAmCait, not @HRC, right? I mean you slagged her not the group. https://t.co/e9caE0czle
— notLikeNormalPeople (@notlikenormal) August 21, 2016
Why are you apologizing to HRC and not to, you know, THE TRANS COMMUNITY WHO YOU USED AS A TERRIBLE JOKE? https://t.co/bCUupUWJ5N
— Brynna ??? (@brynna42) August 21, 2016
"SORRY LAST TWEET OFFENDED." But not really sorry https://t.co/62j8WADLeQ
— Pastor X (@bastique) August 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/apocalypsongs/status/767489756892573696
https://twitter.com/existentialslut/status/767426599629258753
Now that we agree with.
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