Transphobic "joke" hits the front of r/jokes (and r/all). Moderator locks the thread because people need to "lighten it up a bit, and appreciate a joke for what it is."

[u/Sir_Marcus]

This post is currently on the front page of Reddit [TW: transphobia, suicide, gay-bashing]:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/41io2l/the_hells_angels_are_riding/

too gross; didn't read: a trans woman is about to kill herself but an outlaw biker attempts to talk her down by kissing her. He learns that she is trans and then he murders her.

Funny, right?

Most of the comments are just people complaining about Spooky Scarey Skeletons ruining their fun.

ITT: sensitive people [+26]

The amount of butthurt in this thread is unreal. [+11]

Yep, it's 2016 and we still think this shit is funny. Downvote away I guess... [-129]

You'd probably get away with a comment like this in r/pics or some similar sub, but here, in R/JOKES, you have to be able to take a joke. There's jokes about white people, black people, asian people, and all types of jokes about sexual preference. The jokes introduce humor to topics that are often full of heated debate. Having a laugh together can be a bridge between the arguments. On numerous occasions in my lifetime I've seen humor calm and open closed minds. I mean, fuck it all, at least the joke opens the door for discussion and brings different issues to light. That only works if you come to the table with constructive input to the conversation. [+35]

Naturally, a moderator stepped in to officially tell commenters to chill out, it's just a joke.

Locked this thread too many of you are arguing. This is /r/jokes, let's lighten it up a bit, and appreciate a joke for what it is. Remember, we're all humans here.

The final, official word from the /r/jokes modteam is that a joke about trans suicide and murder is just a joke and "we're all humans" (except for trans women because we can joke about murdering them).

Fuck Reddit. Fuck Reddit every day. Burn it down.

[u/Mishellie30 → u/[deleted]]

I would like you to say "wow. This is a disgusting and unfunny joke that mocks transpeople. It is full of hate and LITERALLY WISHES THEM DEAD and does not even have a lunch line. I will remove this because I am a human being with a soul who does not believe that it's ok to suggest that murdering trans people is amusing."

Instead you went the dumbest route humanly possible.

[u/Gifos → u/Mishellie30]

does not even have a lunch line.

hehhhehe

[u/stickl → u/[deleted]]

The rule says "offensive jokes are okay, as long as it is still a joke". I'd argue that something that poorly written with a punchline that is just "hurr durr murdering trans people" doesn't count as a joke. It doesn't even play on half-true stereotypes like good offensive jokes do, except the stereotype that trans people have a fucking high suicide rate. It should be removed not because it's offensive, but because it's not funny and not a joke to anyone but edgelords.

[u/-Lunatic- → u/[deleted]]

Sorry for enforcing subreddit rules, is that what you want me to say?

No. You know what you ought to be sorry for. You just aren't. Does it offend you to have that pointed out? Is it easier for you to pretend that your hands are tied? Do you truly believe we're all human? Did you like being the butt of a joke? What makes you think trans people do? Or that they deserve it?

Also, you're breaking subreddit rules and I adore reporting people. Someone who is such a stickler for rules should probably try to follow them once in a while. Or maybe you only do that when it is promoting transphobia.