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[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No you are not engaging with the arguments I am making. Respect for what people associate with is different from a word being a slur, or treated as such. Going around calling people who does not want to be is disrespectful and is harrasment but it does not make a slur in a general sense.

Cisgendered is a word to describe people's gender identity, not for insulting.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah it's not a slur just like the words male and female aren't either but they can be used with the intention to insult when directed at people not identifying as such.

I don't agree with labeling the term as such but I do agree with the core intention which is to prevent harrasment. I don't quite see what the issue is here. This will not cause trouble to anyone using the term appropriately.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How does the statement "the words 'cis' or 'cisgendered' are considered slurs on this platform" leave any room for appropriate use of those terms.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

Narrator who sounds just like Ron Howard: "It doesn't."

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But it will cause trouble, because it is now (treated as) a slur on Twitter. Depending on how strict they are you can't go around saying "as a cisgender" or having it in your bio.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

TechCrunch reported on Tuesday that trying to publish a post using the terms “cisgender” or “cis” in the X mobile app will pop up a full-screen warning reading, “This post contains language that may be considered a slur by X and could be used in a harmful manner in violation of our rules.” It then gives you the choice of continuing to publish the post..

Like I said earlier: context matters

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Weird how Nazis aren't getting any sort of popups when they post their bigotry on Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Agree totally, but just FYI "cisgendered" isn't a word (nor is "transgendered").