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In reply to the discussion: What is with so many of you referring to Manning with male pronouns [View all]CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)33. Some of them are ignorant and some of them are assholes
Sorting the difference is a challenge,
Some people do not know that it does not take any treatment, process, surgery or whatever for the person to be respected and addressed as preferred. They are ignorant.
Some people are assholes and hate people who are different from them. They are assholes. Nothing more, nothing less.
I can somewhat excuse the ignorant but the assholes can take a flying fuck off a cliff to oblivion.
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What is with so many of you referring to Manning with male pronouns [View all]
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
OP
when i learnt her preferred pronoun i adapted. you shouldn't mock someone's transition
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#22
You're using Manning as a prop to demonstrate your self-assumed moral superiority
BeyondGeography
Aug 2013
#39
Oh bother. Here we go again, tutoring people who are ignorant about gender disphoria:
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2013
#104
Heck, for many of us, this is the first we've heard that s/he requested the feminine
1monster
Aug 2013
#144
i clarified this through the thread, that i am referring to people who are deliberately calling her
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#184
Your post has no logic. We change our reference to a person's preferred sexual identity ...
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2013
#97
manning isn't my burning issue either. however transphobia is part of a bigger set
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#47
people make mistakes and forget. i am not saying there is malice there
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#196
i am specifically talking about people who are discussing her transition and calling her male
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#49
Actually my example works well because aesthetically Warren presents as White
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#4
Not every trans identified person takes hormones or goes through gender reassignment surgery. n/t
JackBeck
Aug 2013
#6
exactly. none of this is cheap, easily available or necessarily fits ones notion
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#29
Some are honestly not sure what to say, and some are willfully ignoring it.
Puzzledtraveller
Aug 2013
#5
my point is that why does one feel one has the right to question her choice of pronouns
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#9
People do have a right to say whatever they want and question whatever they want.
Puzzledtraveller
Aug 2013
#17
I took a peek at Free Republic... that's the typical response from those ignoramuses.
tarheelsunc
Aug 2013
#86
"... since she still has male anatomy ... Those are some of the worst offenders ..." ?
panzerfaust
Aug 2013
#308
yeah i am not talking about people who didnt know or have forgotten
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#186
got in the habit of calling Manning a He, takes a little bit to remember that Manning
GalaxyHunter
Aug 2013
#8
to be fair ALL the conversations that i am talking about are in the context of her transition
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#18
I think some members (that this is directed at) will start caring about that
Capt. Obvious
Aug 2013
#23
Yeah, that is weird, never expected to see such issue made of that here.
Puzzledtraveller
Aug 2013
#27
i would she consistently, but at the very least use it when referring to her transitioning
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#55
Agreed, but I would not attribute to malice what mere force of habit could explain.
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#61
it's also possibly to just call her manning in the instances that would otherwise be confusing
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#235
To some extent, one can dodge the issue that way, but it isn't always the best answer.
Jim Lane
Aug 2013
#242
"How is that you feel ok to deny someone the right to use the pronoun they feel fits them the best?"
R. Daneel Olivaw
Aug 2013
#35
i think people who are talking about her transition and keep referring to her as male
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#38
We're possibly distracted by her being held as a political prisoner in Leavenworth...
Orsino
Aug 2013
#40
i am not the government so first amendment rights are not my problem.
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#52
would you feel the same if someone exercised their 1A right to use a racial slur?
frylock
Aug 2013
#75
Everyone has the right to make a fool/bigot of themselves. Doesn't mean they should. eom
tarheelsunc
Aug 2013
#89
Sheesh, that kind of 'business' has a proper definition - transphobia. Or bigotry. Or both.
idwiyo
Aug 2013
#253
"Can" =/= "should." And "freedom of speech" is very relative on most Internet message boards. n/t
nomorenomore08
Aug 2013
#282
Thank you, La Lioness Priyanka. Ignorance used to be an excuse. No longer.
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#46
It was appearing in the international news section of most papers here...
Violet_Crumble
Aug 2013
#285
i think though if this was speech i would believe the reflexive use more easily
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#64
why should it be in the lgbt forum? are they the ones referring to manning by male pronouns?
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#67
Logic fails you. Neither Limbaugh nor you have the right to declare Chelsea's sexual identity.
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2013
#76
It is also a matter of respecting her as a human being. How can that be so hard for
tblue37
Aug 2013
#176
The issue of rights and respect for transgendered people is an extremely important one.
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#77
That's ridiculous. It has nothing to do with trauma. It has to do with habits.
OrwellwasRight
Aug 2013
#165
we dont have to struggle with this, she did. its not even close to the same thing
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#139
how are people who are deliberately using incorrect pronouns an issue of my lacking humility?
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#150
actually no one has mentioned spite and i think you might be right
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#100
i have said this a few times during this thread but the people who are reffering to her
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#107
do you normally ask to see people's dicks or vaginas to decide what gender to refer to them as?
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#120
So we won't miss you when your failure to follow rules about bigotry here gets you gone.
Starry Messenger
Aug 2013
#215
Why are some of you so damn stubborn about this? Why do you *care* so much?
nomorenomore08
Aug 2013
#283
it is not neutral. i think you know that. i think everyone knows that, even small children. nt
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#126
I might ? be guilty of still referring to her as him but I swear, it's done out of ....
BlueJazz
Aug 2013
#131
ok. this i buy. that people forget she transitioned. however i am specifically talking about people
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#155
By your logic nobody has ever "officially made the switch." That's ... convenient for you. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2013
#185
i think what has me most bothered, is that the people who are referring to her as him
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#189
Huh? I thought Bradley Manning was a man? Did something change that I missed??
madinmaryland
Aug 2013
#188
yes, it did. which if you did not know honestly i was not chastising you.
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#190
I don't know much if anything about his (now her) personal life and would rather keep
madinmaryland
Aug 2013
#193
its not their personal life if they have asked to be called chelsea and to be referred to as female
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#197
Please understand that I do not believe it is a personal lifestyle choice. It is what it is and Pvt
madinmaryland
Aug 2013
#219
and i love your passive aggressive way of defending bigots. that's what du needs more of
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#208
And some people think they know more about gender issues than, y'know, an actual transgender person.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2013
#287
Considering I spend nearly a third of my time in the Sports Forum, the name Manning brings
madinmaryland
Aug 2013
#217
For some maybe, but this thread shows others are clearly behaving like bigots.
Marrah_G
Aug 2013
#221
Time, certainly. I have had several friends over the years who have changed their names.
enough
Aug 2013
#224
I get it that some people disagreed with her leaking of documents. And some considered
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#243
and my asking people to respect her gender has nothing to do with whether
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#248
My point stands. No matter what your reasons for opposing her releasing of the documents, don't
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#254
People who choose not to adapt deserve to be called homophobes or transphobes.
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2013
#290
I honestly believe we are enabling suppressing rights for the transgendered
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2013
#314
*I* accidentally used the pronoun he/him to refer to Manning and guess what...
CreekDog
Aug 2013
#320
I may owe you an apologist, can you give me an example of someone accidentally mixing the pronouns
CreekDog
Aug 2013
#327
well what's your excuse for not knowing? were you out of the country or something?
CreekDog
Aug 2013
#325
There's a lot of people who need to look up the definition of the word Phobia.
Mr.Bill
Aug 2013
#276
both transphobia and homophobia are misnomers when taken literally
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#301
no, it really doesn't. words often end up having slight differences from their root words
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#310