• IndiBrony@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    LGBTQIAPDSMFC2… at some point you’ve got to consider the cut off otherwise you might as well write out the whole alphabet.

    Queer is good to me as there’s a difference between “Ben is queer” and “Ben is a queer”

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      1 year ago

      I mean going on your second point, I think it demonstrates the difference between a slur and a descriptor is how it’s used as a word.

      Like transgender is neutral term but we see it becoming a scare word by fascists recently by changing how its used in speech. Like “transgendered”, “transgenderism” or “transing” (as a note, it’s kinda scary how the first two no longer set off window’s spellcheck). Basically turning trans as a state of being adjective into a verb makes it seem like an act you can do to someone or have happen to you.