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[–]Archie 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

On the one hand it is nice that it gets more people to talk about the issue, but on the other hand I hope the term never catches up.

Changing the meaning of words such as "woman", "gay", "lesbian" and "straight" has always been the goal of TRAs. Creating a new terms like "superstraight" which actually has the same meaning than "straight" should right now is playing into their game. It is acknowledging that the meaning of "straight" changed, and we absolutely do not want that.

"Straight" means you're attracted to the opposite sex. A man attracted to men in dresses is gay or bi. We don't need new words and doing so will only lead to losing the communication battle.

[–]BEB 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think that this is the liberation moment, when many people who have felt constrained for a long time are realizing they are not alone.

I think that the pendulum needs to swing this far in order to eventually get back to a world where we can regain the definition of "straight" as simply "attracted to the opposite biological sex" without that being called bigotry.