11-06-2015, 04:24 PM
(11-06-2015, 03:32 PM)djs7685 Wrote: Hopefully the mods will see that Lucie agrees with an article that puts "*****" in the same boat as the "n-word" (which isn't allowed here). Doesn't that mean, essentially, that you're advocating the immediate ban of anyone that uses "*****", just as it would be an immediate ban for anyone to use the other?
I'm glad to see that you're finally learning something! Congratulations, welcome to being a good human being!
Quote:RuPaul’s comments have joined impassioned missives from trans artist Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, trans author and artist Kate Bornstein, and drag performer Lady Bunny, all of whom in their own ways echoed RuPaul’s view that “banning” ***** was an example of a conservative minority speaking on behalf of—and doing a certain kind of violence to—those for whom the term is, in the words of Bornstein, a “valid, vibrant, and vital identity.” Bond is particularly blunt on this point:
What [critics of the word] fail to recognize is that by banishing the use of the word ***** they will not be getting rid of the transphobia of those who use it in a negative way. What it does do is steal a joyous and hard-won identity from those of us who are and have been perfectly comfortable, if not delighted to BE *****.
Obviously this transgender author and many transgender advocates feel differently than you.
And why would this be even an issue for mods? I see that you have an agenda no doubt but discussing a topic is not the same as directly attacking someone here. Groups get talked about often here ...... If we banned any questionable things said about any group here then the forum would be dead.
