:why-post-this:

Also the only time I've ever heard this language was people trying to be inclusive for putting tampons in all bathrooms

I don't want to assume complete bad faith, but she also goes on Jacobin and talks about need more police bc there is so much crime etc. so maybe I should

edit: I've looked through the thread more and I think some of the stuff could be phrased better, although it is primarily used in medical contexts so it's not like you're likely to be referred by these terms in the first place, there were some suggestions in the thread for alternative terms that could get the same meaning across, but the comments were like 80% bigots so even if she didn't mean it, which she definitely might of, she gave them an excuse to be bigots, if she really wanted to make this point she should have wrote more than just the last sentence to preemptively silence some of the typical bigoted arguments, so I'm assuming she doesn't care enough or is just a bigot both bad

  • AlkaliMarxist
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    2 years ago

    I've heard "birthing parent" used so that trans-masc people don't need to be "mother" on their children's medical paperwork. The way she phrases this makes me think this isn't in good faith.

      • FearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah that's what I was going to bring up is she keeps company with certain stupidpol types and some of the stuff she says makes me think she probably secretly harbors some of those ideas herself. I can't confirm it, but I've gotten stupidpol vibes from her on occasion and my gut tells she shes one of the "ignore social issues" types, she's just not fully mask off about it yet.