[RD] I'm transitioning. If you've ever been confused about the T in LGBT, ask me anything

[Angst]

I have my feelings about JK Rowling, but they've already been well expressed. I want to comment on a more general idea than Rowling herself: JAQing off. Just Asking Questions, if your ear is not tuned to dog whistles, is something you can easily miss. Compared to the cumulative knowledge and experiences of humanity throughout history, everyone is ignorant about almost everything. So if someone asks a question that you can't answer, then you also don't know enough to assess if the question is leading or loaded. That is what I've seen from Rowling. Any one question she asks will seem reasonable, if you don't have a lot of additional context. JAQing off is a way to hide your motivations from the reader.

I love the internet sometimes. JAQing off is a great summary of what's going on there. Thanks for sharing ^^

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Is this not an "Ask a..." thread anymore then?

 

[Cloud_Strife]

Is this not an "Ask a..." thread anymore then?

Do you have something you wish to say?

 

[HEF]

Is this not an "Ask a..." thread anymore then?

Not to me.

More like a... trap. Get it? errr-r-r... never mind

Moderator Action: This is not funny and offensive to others. Enjoy the thread holiday. --LM

 

[Cloud_Strife]

Not to me.

More like a... trap. Get it? errr-r-r... never mind

Not cool, especially when such rhetoric has been used to persecute, attack and kill transpeople.

Like I'm saying it sucks

 

[MaryKB]

My understanding, and please @emzie correct me if I'm wrong, is that this most certainly is a thread to ask questions in good faith when you're hoping to learn something. But it's not a place to ask "loaded questions" where you're trying to hide your real motives of expressing hatred, like some people do (emzie was using JK Rowling as an example of someone who does that)

 

[Cloud_Strife]

My understanding, and please @emzie correct me if I'm wrong, is that this most certainly is a thread to ask questions in good faith when you're hoping to learn something. But it's not a place to ask "loaded questions" where you're trying to hide your real motives of expressing hatred, like some people do (emzie was using JK Rowling as an example of someone who does that)

This.

@Manfred Belheim Coming into this thread to give your newest hot take on how trans women or trans men aren't actually the gender they identify as, can never be or do not deserve equal treatment is a big no no.

 

[HEF]

Not cool, especially when such rhetoric has been used to persecute, attack and kill transpeople.

Like I'm saying it sucks

Actually, I first heard the term from someone named Shiri Allwood.


Did you know that the term 'sucks' carries a underlying racist component.?

 

[Cloud_Strife]

Actually, I first heard the term from someone named Shiri Allwood.

Are you for real?

Honestly, just stop.

 

[HEF]

Are you for real?

Honestly, just stop.

Seriously.

Never heard the term before until I discovered Shiri.

 

[Cloud_Strife]

Seriously.

Never heard the term before until I discovered Shiri.

I'm more aghast at how you think you can barge into a thread about transpeople and their issues and then justify using the slur "trap" because you learnt it from a trans porn actress

Like where do you think you are right now?

 

[HEF]

About the term 'sucks':

Came directly from the popular disco era in the 1970s where people of all backgrounds and races would gather 'round and dance to disco music which was interracial.

Well, white folks who could not dance with others didn't like that [read: racists] would dismiss this cultural phenomenon and chant, "Disco sucks!"

What the white racists were really saying was "Blacks, Jews & Gays suck"

 

[Synobun]

About the term 'sucks':

Came directly from the popular disco era in the 1970s where people of all backgrounds and races would gather 'round and dance to disco music which was interracial.

Well, white folks who could not dance with others didn't like that [read: racists] would dismiss this cultural phenomenon and chant, "Disco sucks!"

What the white racists were really saying was "Blacks, Jews & Gays suck"

Proven false after a five-second google. Weird way to deflect.

 

[HEF]

>>> Synsensa


It is true.

You can't google something like that.

That's just foolish. Ask someone who knows.

 

[Synobun]

>>> Synsensa


It is true.

You can't google something like that.

That's just foolish. Ask someone who knows.

The term's been used in a derogatory sense since the early 1900s. Doubt there was much 1970s disco in the 1920s, my dude.

 

[Cloud_Strife]

About the term 'sucks':

Came directly from the popular disco era in the 1970s where people of all backgrounds and races would gather 'round and dance to disco music which was interracial.

Well, white folks who could not dance with others didn't like that [read: racists] would dismiss this cultural phenomenon and chant, "Disco sucks!"

What the white racists were really saying was "Blacks, Jews & Gays suck"

What does that have to do with you making a transphobic joke, one that's been literally used as a justification for cismen to assault and murder transwomen?

You don't know my experience with being on the recieving end of that has been, do you? Nor anybody elses here, for that matter.

 

[HEF]

By the way, Shiri's one of my favorite trans ladies.

 

[JohannaK]

Is that supposed to be positive?

 

[Sarin]

Is that supposed to be positive?

It's the equivalent of "I'm not racist, I have a black friend".

 

[Cloud_Strife]

By the way, Shiri's one of my favorite trans ladies.

Don't care.