When you share this image, you are blindly repeating one of the most unapologetic, vile pieces of transphobia ever uttered on television. Spitting on Brandon Teena's grave for Internet points. I'm posting this because I still see it randomly posted without any context.

Comedian Norm Macdonald on Saturday Night Live saying, "Now this might strike some viewers as harsh, but I believe everyone involved in this story should die."The New York City Menace's statement to Norm Macdonald dated February 27, 1996. It details Brandon Teena's tortuous rape and murder and forcefully condemns Norm for his hateful words on Saturday Night Live.
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I haven't seen that meme before, nor the story associated. I read it as meaning the opposite, that Norm McDonald thought the rapist/murderers should be erased. The only person who did not deserve punishment was already dead, along with being one person and not "everyone." I might be wrong though.

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  1. Also alt-text in the images doesn't seem to be working.

    (I do agree that the whole travesty was not a laughing matter, but I view humor as a way to inform people who might never otherwise be aware of happenings in the world)

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