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It is not derogatory. The word means:
"... or disfigure, especially by cutting off tissue or body parts."
from Latin mutilātus (past participle of mutilāre “to cut off, maim”)
Exactly. You are basically saying that circumcised men are disfigured. Are you aware of how inherently negative that description is for circumcised men? Does it not bother you to refer to other men with such disdain and disrespect?
The same term is used for women.
The disdain isn't for the victims of the mutilation, it's for people like you who should know better.
Really? It doesn't look that way to the people you're calling "mutilated".
It's so painfully obvious that you are taking this discussion personally. Go touch grass. It's not your fault that you were disfigured.
That's a weird take, considering you're the one who has a problem with other people's genitals.
You've got the wrong person. The only thing I did was deliver to you the dictionary definition of the word mutilate. I made no other claims, expressions, or comments on the topic at hand.
You have shifted to a common logical fallacy called the Straw Man argument. This attempt has failed.
This conversation is over.
So, let me see if I understand you...
You post the definition of "mutilation" in response to a previous comment...
...I assumed, in good faith...that that was your position on that topic (because why else would you have posted it?)
...and now you're attempting to distance yourself from that position, by pretending that I'm the one misrepresenting what you posted?
Buddy...that is a form of strawman argument. You're now intentionally misrepresenting your own position, in order to misrepresent my response to it.
Maybe stop actively supporting the permanent disfiguring of newborns and we might show even your mutilated dick some respect?
And yes, all circumcised men are disfigured.