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minus-squaremorphballganonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoImagine if a military officer gains the rank of general but you refer to them as recruit Or someone earns a doctorate of medicine and you call them an orderly To deadname someone is to declare you don’t respect them or acknowledge their struggles
minus-squareI'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI’m not sure this analogy is perfect though, because its perfictly fine to say that 5/10/n years ago, General Smith was Private Smith. But it feels like with deadnames they’re just scrubbed from the record? At least for some people? Idk
Imagine if a military officer gains the rank of general but you refer to them as recruit
Or someone earns a doctorate of medicine and you call them an orderly
To deadname someone is to declare you don’t respect them or acknowledge their struggles
I’m not sure this analogy is perfect though, because its perfictly fine to say that 5/10/n years ago, General Smith was Private Smith. But it feels like with deadnames they’re just scrubbed from the record? At least for some people? Idk