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[Steelmagic]

English: Doin' it wrong right since the 5th Century.

We're climbing in your thesauruses
Snatching your prefixes up
Trying to English them
So hide your nouns
Hide your verbs
And hide your adjectives because we stealing all the words up in here

English: the kleptomaniac language.

[ggamer]

English: Doin' it wrong right since the 5th Century.

We're climbing in your thesauruses
Snatching your prefixes up
Trying to English them
So hide your nouns
Hide your verbs
And hide your adjectives because we stealing all the words up in here

English: the kleptomaniac language.

English: The Dark Project

[Devling]

If English were a person, he would come into your house, steal all you knick-knacks, break them, and then invite you over so he could pick your pockets.

[Neonivek]

If English were a person, he would come into your house, steal all you knick-knacks, break them, and then invite you over so he could pick your pockets.

I have to admit that was pretty stupid.

I don't even know what the heck the person is referring to... Is it a reference to how English is a quickly growing language that is "destroying" the heritage of long standing countries.

[ggamer]

It's a reference to how long Bay12 can run with a joke

[Xantalos]

For 6 posts.

[SealyStar]

So irregardless, I think sexism is a much nicer and more inclusive term for a non-nice, non-inclusive thing. Frankly, I haven't even heard transphobia that often, that seems to get lumped in with homophobia all the time. Which kinda makes sense I guess since from a homophobic point of view (that should cover the vast majority of cases), transphobia basically is homophobia. (I'm not aware of homosexual people disliking transsexual people)

It's a problem.

Yup. Basically being part of an oppressed minority does preclude one from being prejudiced against other oppressed minorities. Logically you'd think people would see parallels, but they don't always.

A not-insignificant number of the LGBT community want to remove the "T." Some want to remove the "B" too, and others still want to separate the "L" and "G." Fortunately most people realize the need for cohesion and understanding, so schisms are usually small.

Eh, I for one am both straight and cisgender (I hate that word btw), so my opinion might not be entirely relevant, but I will openly admit that I am much more comfortable with homo- and bisexuality than I am with transsexualism.

I'm not denying the existence of transsexuals, nor do I believe in discriminating against them... but I am much more inclined to believe that a man can be attracted to another man than that a man can think he's female. Again, I'm probably still more progressive on this than most people I know, but I honestly do think that comparing gender identity with sexual orientation as "LGBT" does is flawed on some level.

[kaijyuu]

"Cisgender" is just an easy term for "the opposite of transgender." If someone's using it as an insult or something, they're a moron. I don't see why you'd have any distaste for the term. It's a necessary term for the same reason "heterosexual" is a necessary term.

Next, being transgender is just a medical condition and it's baffling that anyone would have any problem with it. The mind and body's gender doesn't match and the body's changed to correspond. It's not really that difficult to comprehend.


As for its association with the sexual orientation community, mainly they band together since the prejudice is extremely similar. In reality, the problem that everything else stems from is enforcing gender roles and norms. Going outside what's "normal" for your gender results in hate, for whatever reason, and thus both groups get similar discrimination. That's why they banded together.

[Loud Whispers]

"Cisgender" is just an easy term for "the opposite of transgender." If someone's using it as an insult or something, they're a moron. I don't see why you'd have any distaste for the term. It's a necessary term for the same reason "heterosexual" is a necessary term.

You could argue that all of these terms seem too clinical for colloquial use.

[Xantalos]

THESE WORDS ARE TOO SMART
FOR THIS THREAD

[Slayerhero90]

THESE WORDS ARE TOO SMART
FOR THIS THREAD

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[Loud Whispers]

THESE WORDS ARE TOO SMART
FOR THIS THREAD

#Yoloswag #Foreveryoung #Nothingtohide

[Graknorke]

Next, being transgender is just a medical condition and it's baffling that anyone would have any problem with it. The mind and body's gender doesn't match and the body's changed to correspond. It's not really that difficult to comprehend.

I actually do have a problem understanding it, mainly

mind [...] gender

Because at least from where I'm standing there is no inherent male-ness or female-ness that is ingrained in a person's mind.
Pretty much the only way I can rationalise it is that it's actually to do with changing identity in order to not break societal expectations of what men and women act like.

[XXSockXX]

Next, being transgender is just a medical condition and it's baffling that anyone would have any problem with it. The mind and body's gender doesn't match and the body's changed to correspond. It's not really that difficult to comprehend.

I actually do have a problem understanding it, mainly

Actually describing transgender as a medical condition seems a bit limited to me. The are transvestites (which is not really the same, except in public perception), some of them are heterosexual men (that was a popular comedic act once, imagine "a man in women's clothing" - hilarious), many are gay men (the whole drag queen thing). Then there are a variety of genetic mutations that lead to people being born with both male and female genitalia (functionality varies). These people often get sex change surgery at infant age and might later disagree with the choice that was made. Then there are people who are physiologically one gender, but feel as another. That is the part you probably don't understand. Now I can't say I really understand it either, but it is obviously a thing, and by far one of the least harmful psychological identity problems you can have. I mean there are people who are convinced they have too many limbs.

Because at least from where I'm standing there is no inherent male-ness or female-ness that is ingrained in a person's mind.

Now that's the part I don't get. I am certainly not a manly man walking cliche of a guy, but I am absolutely conviced that a non-trivial part of my personal identity is built upon being male, not only the cultural/social construct part of that, also the biological one. How you don't see gender as a part of yourself, I really don't get that.

[GuesssWho]

Haven't you heard? English is a language that lurks in dark alleys, beats up other languages, and rifles through their pockets for spare vocabulary.


It is perfectly possible to be disgusted by the opposite sex--I think men look like they have a leech and a couple of tumors on their crotch, honestly. If I was male I might have tried to castrate myself because HORRIBLE FLESH SACS!