Transphobia in Pundit Kitchen

I’ve been following Pundit Kitchen for a few months now.  If you are familiar with I Can Has Cheezburger or FAILBlog, PK follows the same basic format, only the pictures are generally of political figures and pundits.  Frequently, the captions have a very strong political slant, and it generally takes a liberal slant to it.  But then you get images like this.

Look, I think she says some pretty horrible things, but I’m not going to dump on the transgender community in the process of attacking her.

Of course, the comment section is filled with people dumping on her appearance and her "coldness."  Only a few people condemned the image, and they were ignored.  It bugs me that a lot of these commentators would react more negatively if the website described something as "gay," yet they can’t even consider the connection between homophobia and transphobia.  I just wish there was some way I could make them see it.

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