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I honestly never even considered that it was a slur. Sometimes you are having a discussion where gender identity is relevant, and in that situation it is useful to be able to clearly indicate that someone is cisgender.
See I just used it.
The word was created so the official opposite of transgender is not simply the word "normal". Treating cisgender as a slur is just attacking transgender people.
I agree completely. The whole manufactured discussion about it it ridiculous. Conservative love to be able to point at social values and try to claim there is simply an opposite alternative fact that’s completely contradictory to it on the conservative spectrum. Did you notice when they normalized leftist?
I don't think classifying cisgender as a slur is defendable, especially on its own.
Not saying it is a slur, but I've seen it used like a slur before, mostly coupled with "white" and "men"/"women". But I'm fairly sure Elon himself is against censoring language for that reason (when it comes to things that don't personally offend him). It just seems dumb and hypocritical to me
if used descriptively it's not a slur.
if used to harass, intimidate, and demean, it's a slur.
Further example:
He's a Jew.
vs
He's a Jew.
When I first heard it, I assumed it was a slur because the closest common use English word is cissy.
But then I like... looked it up.
Basically, I can understand how some folks initially think it's a slur, but this conservative overreaction is clearly in bad faith and it'd almost certainly happen whatever the fuck the word was.