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[–] breadsmasher 257 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Oh I didnt realise Jordan Peterson had come out as trans! πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Hmm he still uses he/him so it's beyond me but maybe he's just on another level of transatude that we haven't unlocked yet

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

He's a non-binary boymoder. Lots of "traditionalist" friends and family, you see, so he's taking his time to test the waters and hasn't even changed pronouns yet. Please be patient with him πŸ™

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[–] [email protected] 149 points 1 month ago (2 children)

i don't know what's more pathetic: a) that a grown ass man still makes /c/iamverybadass threats on the internet; or b) that there are grown ass men who actually think he's tough

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 month ago

People who think Jordan Peterson is very badass.

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[–] gedaliyah 102 points 1 month ago (22 children)

Listen, everyone. It's so simple. We just need a neutral word to describe people who are not trans. Okay, the prefix "trans" is Latin for across, so the Latin word for not across is… you're not going to believe this.

[–] pyre 62 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

ok ok maybe that's not familiar enough as a prefix so it gets a reaction. we could find a familiar prefix to note that your gender is the same as what you were assigned at birth...

from now on the opposite of transgender is... homogender!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] disguy_ovahea 89 points 1 month ago (14 children)

I don’t understand why some people get so bent out of shape over the term cisgender. Latin prefixes are even more common in English than abbreviations like AMAB.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's just transphobia. If you don't have cis (wo)men and trans (wo)men, then you just have (wo)men and trans (wo)men, which implies that trans (wo)men are not (wo)men.

[–] disguy_ovahea 43 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Got it. I didn’t understand because they make it seem like it’s an insult to be called cisgender. They’re actually just upset that it removes an avenue of bigotry.

Fucking gross.

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[–] Ultraviolet 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The reasoning is simple: it's just straight up transphobia. The term "cis" is just a neutral descriptor to pair with "trans" with no implication of being right or wrong. They're mad at the existence of a term for the majority that doesn't imply an insult to the minority.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's so funny when right wing talking heads decide to go for the tough guy routine.

It makes me want to call him cis to his face on camera, and then let him do whatever he wants.

At best he humiliates himself by proving that he can't do shit about what you say to him. At worst he assaults you and you get to ride the "I got assaulted by Jordan Peterson" train for a while.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

The other side of his comment is that he is willing to be pulled into a physical struggle over being labeled a gender.

What a weakass anti-philosopher / anti-therapist.

Patient: "Doctor, I feel like my coworkers are labeling me ... what should I do ?"

Dr Peterson: "Have you considered beating them to death ?"

what a fucking loon

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[–] peopleproblems 53 points 1 month ago

Someone is clearly uncomfortable in their body.

[–] Dasnap 43 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Poor snowflake can't handle three little letters :(

[–] lemmy_outta_here 26 points 1 month ago

Imagine needing to other someone so badly that you have a tantrum because someone created a name for the "default" category. Peterson views trans people as so subhuman he doesn't even want there to be a word for non-trans people.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago

Is he/she saying they transitioned?

How wonderful!

[–] pickman_model 37 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Is the term 'cis' an insult now? Or am I not spending enough time reading people whining over politics?

[–] barsquid 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bigoted reactionaries, like Elon and Jordan, want to make cis a slur so they can ban its usage and prevent inclusive vocabulary. They're not actually offended by it.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Transphobes have been trying to turn it into one for a while, so they can play victim about it.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

Culture war nonsense. Try not to spend much time at all if you can.

They'll pick anything to get more airtime. I remember them going after Jill Biden for using the prefix Dr but not in the medical sense.

They don't believe the words they're saying and playing this fake intellectual debate to keep attacking the liberals.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Not really, but there are some particularly crazy/militant/extreme people in the left and trans community who use it like it is.

Often not on it's own, usually in phrases like "cishet white male". Usually implying that the simple existence of this particular combination of uncontrollable personal traits is inherently problematic. Sometimes outright stating it. Sometimes literally calling for genocide or eugenics, or saying that it is entirely impossible to be a cishet white male and also be a good person.

It's the type of behavior that young men see that drives them into shit like Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson, etc.

I'd imagine the people saying these things think it is fair or payback for the sexists, racists, bigots, etc that call for the same for their group. Payback for the reprehensible behavior they have had to endure. Hearing similar things directed at them may have driven them into the arms of extremist shit stirrers on their side.

Makes for a shitty, shitty cycle of reciprocal attack on people defined as "other".

Personally, I don't think the target makes a difference. It's reprehensible behavior either way. Go find a healthier output for your hurt. There are times where being the bigger person or taking the high road is not effective, but that should never be the assumed default or a situation to look forward to.

All that said, anyone arguing that those extremists are somehow leaders in the wider community is more interested in fanning the flames than anything else.

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[–] samus12345 32 points 1 month ago

Oh, so you're trans? Okay, will call you that, then.

[–] drunkpostdisaster 30 points 1 month ago (15 children)

I have never heard cis being used as a slur.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I actually have. Mind I don't have a problem with the word in particular but I've read it used as a slur on the Internet and in real life.

It's all about intention imo. Many people use it just to clearly communicate but some also use it with hatred.

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[–] rustyfish 26 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Botox in the brain. Not even once.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

did he just come out as trans ?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

Look a lot of us wish we weren't cis but them's the breaks

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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