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Originally Posted by Ben-Her
First of all, what the shit is 'a trans'?
Don't call me that.
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Originally Posted by Ben-Her
It's not so much offensive to me personally as it is largely offensive to transgender individuals in general.
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Hi Ben-Her...
It *seems* that it was offensive to you....based on that initial post. No?
And I think it's kind of difficult to determine that it's "largely offensive to transgender individuals in general". Things like that........where it's kind of a semantics thing.......are difficult to gauge.
I know I wrinkled my nose a bit when I first saw the thread title, but I know Linus well enough to know he meant no harm and that he was trying to be inclusive of transmen *and* transwomen. I also know that trying to nail down terminology in this community that is acceptable to ALL is like trying to nail jello to the wall.
Impossible to do.
Respectfully,
Thinker