Comment by davidmurdoch

1 year ago

Eh, better than Jack Dorsey, and almost certainly better than the government of Brazil and the UK.

He’s made “cisgender” a banned word, c’mon

  • If you ban slurs against minorities you should ban slurs against majorities. And, yes, c**ender is a slur. It's only ever used by its opponents and in a negative context.

    • > And, yes, c*ender is a slur. It's only ever used by its opponents and in a negative context.

      What on earth... "Cisgender" is as much of a slur as "cislunar" or "cisalpine". And who are "its opponents"? The opponents of being cisgender? Are you trying to suggest that trans people are against the existence of cis people? Have you considered spending less time on Twitter?

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    • Just because you randomly use as aster*sks doesn't make the world a slur.

      No, it's not used only in negative contexts.

  • update: my tweets using "cis" and "cisgender" both got slightly more views and engagement than my usual posts.