Providence (Rhode Island) city councilman makes vile comment about transgender activist

submitted by Nemacolin from nydailynews.com

all 18 comments
sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

he called a transgender activist “it.”

I'm trans, and I wouldn't call this "vile". They're being super hyperbolic. It ain't vile, it's just disrespectful. I hate it when people do this, because it downplays when people actually do say vile things.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I suppose it is subjective. Seems pretty vile to me. Further, harsh words lead to violence.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

So you're just a thin skinned bully looking for a fight.

Good to know.

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

Still waiting for the cite about some people preferring to be called "it." It seems you are making stuff up.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

To those who have lived lives of privilege, even the most minor of inconveniences appear to be the cruelest of crimes.

[–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

13 50

[–]RuckFeddit 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

Just for "it"? it's not like he called it a mutilated freak.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Seems pretty vile to me. Further, harsh words lead to violence. Transpeople are often targets for violence.

[–]Airbus320 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Fake news

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

Yeah. He also fake apologized and fake resigned. Probably did it all to make the President look bad.

[–]copenseethe 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

“You don’t call people ‘it,’” He probably didn't want to assume their species.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Doesn't seem like a very nice person.

A city councilman in Providence, R.I., said Friday that he will resign from his post as the body’s president pro tempore after an audio recording surfaced in which he called a transgender activist “it.”

Councilman Michael Correia apologized for the comment in a Facebook post, saying that the language he used was “inappropriate and offensive.”

In an audio recording published by WPRI-TV, Correia repeatedly referred to the activist, Justice Gaines, with male pronouns before calling her “it.”

Gaines told the news station that hearing the recording left her “hurt, upset and sad.”

“You don’t call people ‘it,’” Gaines, 26, said.

In his apology, Correia said he had met with Gaines and apologized to her directly.

“I understand these actions have broken trust between myself and the public and I am asking for the opportunity to earn back that trust,” Correia, 57, wrote in the Facebook post.

Correia’s time as president pro tempore would have run until 2023.

[–]jet199 6 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

“You don’t call people ‘it,’”

Some people literally have "it" as their pronouns, bigot.

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

Really? Got a cite?

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

“You don’t call people ‘it,’” Gaines, 26, said.

Says the person who expects to addressed as 'xe, xem, or xyr'. If he demands nonsensical pronouns for attention then referring to him as 'it' is among the most polite responses he should expect to receive.

[–]Airbus320 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

😂

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

What a unique way of telling other people what they ought to think.