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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

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Change a few words out and it sounds like a lot of bigoted arguments. "You can support lgbt people without harming the sanctity of marriage which is between a man and a woman."

    It's the usual veiled bigotry. Aims to prevent progress while hiding within the opposition.