Do you know any good trans people? Most that I know are anywhere from creepy (even though they are nice) to outright intrusive.

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[–]Alienhunter糞大名 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

I've met a couple of people whom I suspected were trans that otherwise seemed normal, in the sense that they weren't acting incredibly weird, weren't trying to be the center of attention, and are otherwise nice enough people to spend time with. Don't really ask about the trans stuff or their gender since it's none of my business and as long as they don't make it my business I'm happy to let them be.

Otherwise normally you'll just notice the crazy attention seeking ones since of course they are the ones doing crazy shit to be noticed and putting up all the internet crap.

Same with gay people really. Plenty are normal and you'd never know unless they tell you. But there's a reason that the stereotypes started and that's because of course, normal people are going to notice the crazy people first. 60 or 70 years ago for example if you ever find out someone is gay it's probably because they were doing something they shouldn't like predating on young boys or behaving inappropriately in public like doing dumb shit in park bathrooms. So that gets associated with homosexuality in the mainstream consciousness.

[–]hfxB0oyADon't piss on my head & tell me it's raining. 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

Same with gay people really. Plenty are normal and you'd never know unless they tell you.

Queers on the other hand are zero percent normal. Though that's to be expected as their gender is "Look at me, look at me!!"

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Anyone who would call themselves a slur is already kinda dumb. Course the yanks would be big on it.

[–]Dzonatan 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

May be shocking for you, but that's how reclaiming the word works.

[–]BluuDegenerate 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

"Reclaiming" words is retarded, it effectively tells people that they were right all along; you ARE a queer

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Only works so far as to not give insults power over you. If I call you a retard, and you laugh it off and make fun of yourself, you kill the insult, but if you serious make it "yeah I am a retard and I'm proud of it" well that's just admitting to how stupid you are.

So queer, word means "strange". People started using it as a slur, whatever, you really want to reclaim a word that means strange? I'm weird and I'm proud of it? Yes you are definitely weird.

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

Agreed. Which is why the word needs to become a descriptive and not a slur.