Pregnant trans dissed on Morning Joe
by: mitch wood
Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 10:52:44 AM EDT
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Call me a masochist, but I am a regular for watching Morning Joe. I started watching Imus and just kept up with the new cast after he got canned.
I keep thinking that Joe and Mika and Willie are reasonable tolerant, hip people-- and then I see this morning's show, where the pregnant trans man's appearance on Oprah is used as grounds to cite this as "one of the reasons why 81% of Americans feel the country is headed in the wrong direction" (Joe); and "disgusting" (Mika) (!). Maybe by now, I shouldn't be surprised by Joe and Mika showing astoundingly little empathy or compassion for our community, but it still gave me a morning "jolt," especially on a day when Martin Luther King's legacy was a major topic.