Jaclyn Moore talks to The Hollywood Reporter about cutting ties with the platform after Chappelle's new special, 'The Closer,' a conversation she had with a staffer after the decision and who is making her laugh these days.
Moore took issue with what she categorized as dangerous rhetoric for Chappelle stating that “gender is fact” and aligning with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling as “team TERF,” a term that means trans-exclusionary radical feminist, an ideology that excludes trans women as women.
“It is much easier to commit violence against someone that you think is immoral or a liar or … sorry,” she said as she got choked up. “Someone not worthy of your respect. That makes it much easier to hurt me. He says, ‘Please stop punching down.’ I don’t know in what world trans women control the universe because from where I’m sitting, Dave Chappelle has all the specials, all the money, all the things. I just want my friends to not get killed.
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