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[–]lefterfield 20 insightful - 6 fun20 insightful - 5 fun21 insightful - 6 fun -  (5 children)

So... what if Ellen had decided to rename herself "Bob Johnson". Would no one be allowed to utter her birth name? Would anyone know who that refers to?

[–]MarkTwainiac 34 insightful - 11 fun34 insightful - 10 fun35 insightful - 11 fun -  (4 children)

I think it's time to go back to when Prince changed his name to a bunch of symbols that were unfamiliar and unpronounceable, so everyone just referred to him as "the artist formerly known as Prince."

I'm going to start referring to all these attention-seekers similarly: "the actor formerly known as Ellen Page," "the Olympic athlete and father of many formerly known as Bruce Jenner," "the filmmakers formerly known as the Wachowski brothers," "the misogynist dickhead formerly known as Charles Clymer"... and so on.

Muhammed Ali and Yusuf Islam never had any problem with people referring to them as the boxer formerly known as Cassius Clay and the singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens. Why do today's narcissists get such special treatment? Why do they alone get to memory-hole their own pasts?

[–]Femaleisnthateful 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

According to transactivists, you're not even allowed to use 'formerly known as' because that's a form of 'deadnaming', too. It's a damn gift to con artists and predators is what it is.

[–]SpatOuttheKoolaid 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Everyone is supposed to forget Ellen ever existed, despite celebrity status. And not ask questions. Never ask the questions. In other news, we've always been at war with Eurasia.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Put 'Ellen' down the memory hole...You never saw a woman named 'Ellen Page' come out as a lesbian on national television.

Wonder what they'll say when/ if 'Elliot' detransitions.

[–]PassionateIntensity 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The HRC insta-changed her coming out gay video on youtube to Elliot's coming out gay. Yes, the one where she says she's a woman. It now makes NO SENSE.