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This 'struggle session' has cut open a sore of cisnormativity which allows plausible deniability of transphobic action and thought. It's senseless and insensitive to push back against what should be a non-issue. Cis and trans alike, set your pronouns so as to normalize an aspect of trans inclusion that goes some way to dispel cishet patriarchal norms assumed default by almost every space, especially online.

There is no excuse (that hasn't been considered and discussed and where applicable, taken on board) to push back against this as we as a community have. We can (and should) do better.

    • Redcloak [none/use name]
      11·
      4 years ago

      That's not an issue of them not being the exact same phrasing. Those two terms mean completely different things. Take the L.

          • the_river_cass [she/her]
            3·
            4 years ago

            the first means "this is inconsequential and this user is forcing it on me anyway" the second means "this is inconsequential and this user is being dishonest about their intentions". is that difference really salient?

            • Redcloak [none/use name]
              9·
              4 years ago

              Moral police do not consider the actions they are policing to be "inconsequential". That is why they bother policing them, because they consider them to be the exact opposite of inconsequential.

              I understand that you're extremely nettled about something but can you not try to nakedly gaslight us about words in the English language?

              • the_river_cass [she/her]
                2·
                4 years ago

                you're misreading what I'm saying. the user calling it moral policing believes it to be too inconsequential to deserve the force that's being applied. you wouldn't call opposition to murder "moral policing", right?

            • 90u9y8gb9t86vytv97g [they/them]
              8·
              4 years ago

              You are doing the debate club thing, you literally started this with exact quotes about repeated phrasing of some term you took offense to that you invented.