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AnSionnachRua · 4593 days ago · link · · parent · post: This is how you *dont* write an article about trans issues
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.
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.