886 pts ยท April 16, 2013
its meaning has not changed AT ALL over time? If you do, you're denying the existence of one of the basic principles of language. 3/3
The meaning hasn't changed and never will? Words change all the time. I don't see how you could deny this without being 1/?
like they don't exist. This isn't a Marxist idea. It's basic human nature to want to protect yourself from people who want to hurt you. 8/8
some shadowy global trans cabal. They just want to survive and live as they choose. They just want to exist without being treated 7/?
I can tell you don't see non-binary or people who don't "transition" as truly trans. This group of people is not trying to establish 6/?
identify as far left: they actually think of themselves as liberals. But I still don't see how this is ideologically driven. From what 5/?
presumptuous to assume that ALL trans people are far left Marxists. I know plenty of plenty of trans people and most of them don't 4/?
transitioning actual means to a group which I can assume from your rhetoric that you're not a part of. And I think it's kinda 3/?
hormones? Do you have to get bottom or top surgeries? What about FFS? Is that required? I don't see why you get to decide what 2/?
I really don't understand this obsession with "actually transitioning". Who decides what transitioning even is? Do you have to take 1/?
But yet again, my opinion doesn't matter, because the word has changed and won't reverse back to its original meaning. 4/4
or something. They just want a word that they can use to describe people who don't align with the gender they've been assigned with. 3/?
you or I can change that. It's not like their intent is malicious. They're not defining the word trans so they can take over the world 2/?
Perhaps they could use the word dysphoric. But again, it doesn't matter, because a word has already been chosen and neither 1/?
in fact trans, and Blaire didn't like that about her. She wanted her to conform.
she wasn't the same as her. She didn't like that she wasn't "the right type of trans". This is transphobia because Riley is 2/?
I mean, a very basic example of her transphobia can be found in the Riley situation. Blaire refused to recognise Riley as trans because 1/?
the word's meaning has already changed, and nothing will reverse that. It's just in the nature of language for words to change meaning. 3/3
it. Should they just make up an entirely new word? I think trans fits fine. And it really doesn't matter what you, or I think because 2/?
I don't see how this is ideologically driven. It seems to me like they recognise themselves as a group and want a word to use for 1/?
we can do better than this? If you genuinely believe that real trans people act like this you're crazy. 2/2
Nice joke. Hardy har har. "I'm trans now and if you don't use my fallacious pronouns you're a bigot!" I've heard this one before. Surely 1/?
don't see why someone would fake trans identity. Why would you want to be part of a group that is harassed, abused and oppressed? 3/3
my point still stands: even "diagnosing" someone as trans still relies on us just believing people when they claim to be trans. And I 2/?
I agree that if someone is going to take hormones, they should receive a medical consultation, just like any other condition. But 1/?
are like her, and do the same things she does. It's absolutely crazy and irrational.
uses backwards-ass logic to justify her outlandish positions. She believes that the only trans people who are truly trans are those who 5/6
your definition of trans phobic, Blaire still fits the bill. She has some strange fear of trans people, despite being one herself, and 4/?
trans community did. And it's completely in their right to do so because it's THEIR word. It describes them. Even if I work off of 3/?
And is it really that hard to use someone's pronouns? Is it going to cause you pain and distress? I didn't redefine the word trans. The 2/?
its meaning has not changed AT ALL over time? If you do, you're denying the existence of one of the basic principles of language. 3/3
The meaning hasn't changed and never will? Words change all the time. I don't see how you could deny this without being 1/?
like they don't exist. This isn't a Marxist idea. It's basic human nature to want to protect yourself from people who want to hurt you. 8/8
some shadowy global trans cabal. They just want to survive and live as they choose. They just want to exist without being treated 7/?
I can tell you don't see non-binary or people who don't "transition" as truly trans. This group of people is not trying to establish 6/?
identify as far left: they actually think of themselves as liberals. But I still don't see how this is ideologically driven. From what 5/?
presumptuous to assume that ALL trans people are far left Marxists. I know plenty of plenty of trans people and most of them don't 4/?
transitioning actual means to a group which I can assume from your rhetoric that you're not a part of. And I think it's kinda 3/?
hormones? Do you have to get bottom or top surgeries? What about FFS? Is that required? I don't see why you get to decide what 2/?
I really don't understand this obsession with "actually transitioning". Who decides what transitioning even is? Do you have to take 1/?
But yet again, my opinion doesn't matter, because the word has changed and won't reverse back to its original meaning. 4/4
or something. They just want a word that they can use to describe people who don't align with the gender they've been assigned with. 3/?
you or I can change that. It's not like their intent is malicious. They're not defining the word trans so they can take over the world 2/?
Perhaps they could use the word dysphoric. But again, it doesn't matter, because a word has already been chosen and neither 1/?
in fact trans, and Blaire didn't like that about her. She wanted her to conform.
she wasn't the same as her. She didn't like that she wasn't "the right type of trans". This is transphobia because Riley is 2/?
I mean, a very basic example of her transphobia can be found in the Riley situation. Blaire refused to recognise Riley as trans because 1/?
the word's meaning has already changed, and nothing will reverse that. It's just in the nature of language for words to change meaning. 3/3
it. Should they just make up an entirely new word? I think trans fits fine. And it really doesn't matter what you, or I think because 2/?
I don't see how this is ideologically driven. It seems to me like they recognise themselves as a group and want a word to use for 1/?
we can do better than this? If you genuinely believe that real trans people act like this you're crazy. 2/2
Nice joke. Hardy har har. "I'm trans now and if you don't use my fallacious pronouns you're a bigot!" I've heard this one before. Surely 1/?
don't see why someone would fake trans identity. Why would you want to be part of a group that is harassed, abused and oppressed? 3/3
my point still stands: even "diagnosing" someone as trans still relies on us just believing people when they claim to be trans. And I 2/?
I agree that if someone is going to take hormones, they should receive a medical consultation, just like any other condition. But 1/?
are like her, and do the same things she does. It's absolutely crazy and irrational.
uses backwards-ass logic to justify her outlandish positions. She believes that the only trans people who are truly trans are those who 5/6
your definition of trans phobic, Blaire still fits the bill. She has some strange fear of trans people, despite being one herself, and 4/?
trans community did. And it's completely in their right to do so because it's THEIR word. It describes them. Even if I work off of 3/?
And is it really that hard to use someone's pronouns? Is it going to cause you pain and distress? I didn't redefine the word trans. The 2/?