Stephen Colbert had trans activist and author Janet Mock on his show Tuesday night, she of the Piers Morgan interview dustup.
Colbert was his usual fake blowhard self, joking “You transgendered people don’t understand what it’s like to be ridiculed and abused!” Colbert said. “I mean, they said mean things about him on Twitter. And what’s Piers Morgan supposed to do, not spend 12 hours reading about himself?”
Morgan was not happy about the appearance, taking to Twitter to hammer Mock and Colbert.
Yep, @janetmock is STILL whining, and has a new enabler in @StephenAtHome > http://t.co/9ZVq52VZPF …
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 19, 2014
RIDICULOUS: Go to 5ms15s on this clip to hear @janetmock say you shouldn't ever call a baby 'boy' or 'girl' > http://t.co/9ZVq52VZPF … …
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 19, 2014
According to @janetmock we should refer to all babies as either 'it' as @StephenAtHome suggests or 'they' 'my child' or 'my kid'.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 19, 2014
If we can't automatically assign gender to babies @janetmock then presumably we can't assign them names either?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 19, 2014
Shame that @StephenAtHome bought into @janetmock 's 'victim' BS last night. He's a smart guy, better than that.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 19, 2014
We need to find this one a hobby.