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[–]Tom_Bombadil 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The words “cis” or “cisgender” are considered slurs on this platform

It's a way of marginalizing normal people.

[–]cephyrious 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, it is about designating who are the oppressors to the poor, oppressed trans people.

Cis is "evil", trans is "good".

[–]UncleWillard56 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I love the argument that "it's just Latin." No, it's the equivalent to "tranny." It's pejorative and means nothing to anyone except the trans activist community. Just like the idea of being "assigned" at birth or "deadnaming;" meaningless words to support a narrative through control of language.

[–]hfxB0oyADon't piss on my head & tell me it's raining. 9 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

I've never enjoyed describing myself as "normal" so much until this cis thing cropped up.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

Cisnormal?

[–]UncleWillard56 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Damn you, Bombadil. You never play by the rules.

[–]Musky༼⁠ ⁠つ⁠ ⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠ ⁠༽⁠つ 🐈 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Ho! Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo! You have returned!

[–]Musky༼⁠ ⁠つ⁠ ⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠ ⁠༽⁠つ 🐈 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I was a part of the "cis is a slur" movement! Be the change you want to see.

Probably won't be able to call them troons tho, that sword cuts both ways.

[–]UncleWillard56 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"Troons" honestly sounds better than "trannies." That could be the one bit of common ground - I won't call you "troon" or "tranny" and you won't refer to me as "cis" or "cisgender."

[–]OuroborosTheory 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

technically the slur form would be "cissy"

but language reveals its very artificiality: the only word that starts with it is cisalpine, which is distinctly artificial--people with a roof over their heads aren't called cissients; people not moving aren't being cisported; plastic isn't an electric cisducer (also Transylvania used to be called Ultrasylvania and it should be changed back)

it'd be like calling most people singletons (also people shouldn't have to prove whether they're a twin to say they are one, and I am a political twin which is valid and not subject to internalized geminophobia, which some twins have when they say things like "I define myself by more than just my twinhood" or "stop using your twinhood as a cudgel" or "talk about literally anything else for the love of God")

[–]bucetao6969Ace Spectrum 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When white people finally get their own slur it's the very one we can't appropriate 🤦‍♂️🤣

[–]bucetao6969Ace Spectrum 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Holy mother of based Ellon!

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lol. That's funny.

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

Searching "musk" and "cis" on Reddit is pretty hilarious now.

Drink the tears while they're still fresh.