• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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      26 days ago

      I saw this go by and didn’t really think about it. We both learned something from this. I think you’re trying to help the community, the community is telling you that it’s not. I’m not going to ban you, but this is a warning. Good intentions aren’t always good results.

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      27 days ago

      Misgendering someone as an insult may hurt them a little, but it hurts the non-cis community a lot.

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        27 days ago

        For what it’s worth, and maybe I’m naive, but I read that comment not about not meeting some criteria of what appears on a driver’s license… But instead rebuking the notion that JD has acted with the integrity required to achieve “manhood”.

        English has really massacred the ability to clearly articulate concepts around biology, identifying as a boy or girl, and then having lived in such a way to have “ascended” to “manhood/womanhood”.

        JD Vance is a boy if he says he’s a boy. Being a man isn’t so simple. I reject that he is a man.

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          27 days ago

          Ignoring the bit where they call him trans as an insult…

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            27 days ago

            Yeah re-reading that line, I think you’re right that they intended “trans” to mean “masqueradeding as”.

            I agree with the sentiment, but you’re right, it’s not cool to use “trans” for that purpose. Thanks for poking me to more carefully consider how the word was used here.

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              27 days ago

              Let me be clear: I am not insulting Jd Vance (I will later) when I question if he’s trans.

              I will call him “he” and respect his pronouns

              I just actually believe he’s a trans man or perhaps intersex.

              He can end all the speculation. Drop your pants, JD…

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          27 days ago

          I don’t think Jd Vance was born with a penis.

          If they want to keep bathrooms “safe” what’s good for the goose …

          I’m just taking a page out of their book, and applying it to a “man” who looks very womanly.