>'hey a trans person laughed at my trans jokes so anyone
>complaining (trans or otherwise) is overreacting'.
>
>the one/few apparently diminishes the many.
>
>im old enough to remember when people said the ted danson
>blackface routine was cool cuz his black girlfriend (whoopi
>goldberg) thought it was funny.
>

Because to me, groupthink is more dangerous. In a nutshell, Dave said I don't understand lgbtqia and here is why I don't understand. Dave illustrated with jokes. He didn't advocate laws to be passed against nor call for violence. There is nothing wrong with saying 'I don't understand'. And that's what I got from his special when it came to that particular topic. He doesn't understand the 'Rachel Dolezal' types (i.e. I've been Chinese my whole life) nor certain segments of the lgbtqia. Will he always be this way? That remains to be seen. But he should be allowed growth like everyone else. For that special, it is a snapshot of where he is at now.

RIP Daphne. I don't think Dave was using tokenism at all. I believe he was adding her voice along to the many other voices of comics that denounce censorship in comedy.