• atro_city
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    -42 months ago

    You could call somebody a slur then go “why are you getting worked up? It’s what you are, look at this definition in the book”. A person can say “I don’t want to be called that”, regardless of who they are. If you don’t respect it, you’re not being nice.

    Simple as

    • @breadsmasher
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      112 months ago

      … you think cisgender or transgender is a slur?

      Ok. “call me a person to my face. see what happens”. If you’re not a person, what label do want?

      • @BarbecueCowboy
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        172 months ago

        Their point isn’t entirely invalid.

        I feel like everyone has a right to self identify and label themselves how they wish, or choose to not be labeled at all. It’s fundamentally the same concept the trans/etc community has been pushing for for a very long time and it’s difficult to justify rejecting it just because we may not like the person making use of it at the moment.

      • @[email protected]
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        122 months ago

        I’ve certainly seen people attempt (and fail) to use cis as a slur online in an intentional way.

      • atro_city
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        42 months ago

        … you think cisgender or transgender is a slur?

        Bro, I wrote 3 sentence that say no such thing and yet, you think that’s what I wrote. Read it again. Good grief.

        A person can say “I don’t want to be called that”, regardless of who they are. If you don’t respect it, you’re not being nice.

        Is that really that difficult to understand? If it is, maybe you need to go back to 6th grade and start over because your reading level wouldn’t even be that.

        • @breadsmasher
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          -92 months ago

          Wow, could you misinterpret my response any further?