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I'm not even going to ask where you've got that I'm in anyway transgender phobic but I expect nothing less from you Fergus. You've taken what I've said out of context. You are well aware we were discussing cross dressing as a form of entertainment (e.g. Drag) but if that's how you need to assert...

Of course it's different because when a man dresses up as a woman he, the man is the butt of the joke not women, whereas with blackface black people are the butt of the joke and not the White man underneath the make up. You can call those who realise that you can't just erase history to suit...

Yeah, considering the picture that accompanies your posts I'm going to take that with a pinch of salt...

I bring it up because it'a relevent whether you like it or not. You ask why are people are offended and I give you a possible answer as to why they might be. You may be able to shrug off something that lasted the best part of one hundred years but it is evident a lot of people can't and...

You, I and any one with half a brain cell knows that it's different. When a man dresses up as a woman he may wear women's clothes but his characteristics and mannerisms often remain distinctly male. The joke isn't "oh what a funny woman" the joke is "That man's wearing a dress". The man is the...

I'm not asking for him or anyone to be put out. I'm only asking people to think about the historical context instead of just moaning that it's PC gone mad.

I'm only put out by people's total lack of understanding as to why it can be see as inappropriate as I am every time this conversation comes around.

Yes they do. Unfortunately the world is full of truly ignorant people who have no ability to empathise.

I don't like the answer because it's not even vaguely similar. White Chicks vs. a form of "entertainment" steeped in centuries of racial prejudice. Hardly the same is it.

White Chicks was awful. But that's not the point. The point is your compassion is so far wide of the mark it's like a shot from Billy Paynter.

Yes it probably should be consigned to the dustbin but something born out of racial prejudice isn't something that is so easily forgotten.

Yes because White Chicks is a fair comparison to make when talking about minstrel shows/ black face. :facepalm: One bad film doesn't suddenly erase the history of the minstel shows and how grossly offensive they were.

Remind me, when was white face a form of entertainment enjoyed by black people to belittle and make fun of white folk? It baffles me that people can't see the difference.