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AnSionnachRua · 4593 days ago · link · · parent · post: This is how you *dont* write an article about trans issues
Systematic, no; that would imply that it is coherent, methodical and (most importantly) deliberate; I really don't think the article (or most incorrect pronoun usage w/r/t trans) fits this description.
There's a word on the tip of my tongue that describes it perfectly...
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AnSionnachRua · 4593 days ago · link ·
Avoiding discussion of whether or not "the system" can be spoken of, that usage really doesn't work.
"Systematic" implies that the thing itself is employed in a systematic manner, not simply that it is "within a system" (technically, everything could be said to be so). But let us stop. There is no point arguing about the meanings of words when the issue, really, is elsewhere.
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sounds_sound · 4592 days ago · link ·
Thank you for picking up on my more general point that I was getting at before I went to bed last night, and that's about the words we use to describe each other. When I read a post like Trans 101 in all of its objective definiteness and then read this original post which I must say feels pedantic, then I just think what an exhausting exercise it must be. I really salute you Laurelai for your unwavering drive to have transgender persons be treated equally, but at what point do you become a watch dog? And I'm not saying that as a dig on you personally, because I don't know you, but I'm posing it as a serious question. I'm about as majority as one can get. I'm a white american straight educated male. As a transgender person, how do you draw the line between what you represent as a member of something and the individual that your are? What is worth fighting for?
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sounds_sound · 4592 days ago · link ·
P.S. I also think that the greater discussion is elsewhere and that this is a total non issue, but I just really needed to finish that thought because it was stewing all day.