You cannot entirely separate the normalization of the dehumanization and hatred of trans people through widespread "jokes" (as you call them) and the dehumanization and hatred we face in the actual world every day.
And, more importantly, we understand on some level that those jokes went hand-in-hand with a culture that looked down on gay people, that they worked to normalize the hatred of gay people, just as anti-trans "jokes" work to normalize and perpetuate transphobia today.
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That passes for observational comedy?! Man, "jokes" like that were tired 20 years ago with shit like Ace Ventura and Austin Powers. In any case, it doesn't matter if the intention is to get a laugh. The impact is one of normalizing feelings of disgust and hatred toward trans ppl.
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