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I believe we can come up with at least some pretty standard definitions of "being a jerk". Telling a racist joke where the point is to dehumanize the targeted r
by s73v3r_ 9y ago
I believe we can come up with at least some pretty standard definitions of "being a jerk". Telling a racist joke where the point is to dehumanize the targeted race? That's pretty clearly being a jerk. Purposefully misgendering a trans person? Again, very clearly being a jerk (this doesn't count the situation where you don't actually know what gender, and accidentally use the wrong one, but it would count if you then stuck to your mistake, and obstinately refused to correct it).
- moduspol 9y agoHow about not supporting BLM because one feels like the focus is incorrectly placed on police officers instead of high black-on-black murder rates in inner cities? Is that "being a jerk?"
- Slansitartop 9y ago> Purposefully misgendering a trans person? Again, very clearly being a jerk Your statement is more an attempt to establish a new norm and less an articulation of a well-established one. It's not unlikely that you'll encounter someone for which it's unknown as such.
- mantas 9y agoAnd there's a complicate split between just telling a race-base joke and "dehumanizing". As well as just going by what you perceive as other person's gender vs v doing that on purpose.