r/MurderedByWords • u/beerbellybegone • Mar 14 '21

Murder Your bigotry is showing...

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '21

Technically, the other person could be a drag queen, not transgender. You can't tell unless you ask/know them long enough to see them in other clothes.

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u/toiletcleaner999 Mar 14 '21

But for all intents and purposes, right now they’re dressed like a lady, and should be considered a lady.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '21

Pray tell how does a lady dress?

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u/yellowishStriation Mar 14 '21

"I don't see gender." Is the new, "I don't see color."

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '21

Something I didn’t say.

People should be able to wear wtf they want without it being labelled.

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u/yellowishStriation Mar 14 '21

People should be able to use whatever labels they want.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '21

For themselves? Sure. Weird flex otherwise

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u/yellowishStriation Mar 14 '21

How else are you supposed to think about things if nothing has a label?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '21

Who said nothing needs a label?

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u/yellowishStriation Mar 16 '21

You just did. But I don't see how you even have language without labels.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

You just did.

Nah. Some thing need labels, other things don’t. It’s not that complex.

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u/yellowishStriation Mar 16 '21

How could you talk about something if you're not allowed to use the word for it. Like if I said furniture shouldn't have labels, how do you know if you're talking about a chair or a couch?

Seems easier just to use labels.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

Context matters. Being specific about furniture helps, how does attaching a label to how people dress help anything and, more pertinent to the point I was making, why gatekeep how people are supposed to dress? The whole point here is someone said they're "dressed like a lady"....why gatekeep how "ladies" are supposed to dress?

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