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jeffw@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

X considers "cisgender" a slur, and moderates it over actual slurs

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jeffw@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    I’ve been called “heterosexual white male”, won’t Musky do anything about that? I’m literally crying, we’re the most attacked majority, life is unbearable for us!

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      Have you heard how people use the term?

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        The H word?

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          It’s okay so long as you don’t use the “er”

          Like you can say “What’s up, my het!” to your straight friends.

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          We should say this to everyone when they’re demeaned for their innate characteristics, it makes everything better 🤔

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          Hypocrite.

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        90% of the time I hear it, it’s because I’m about to have a very fun evening.

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