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Except that he is actually literally talking about drag/cross-dressing which is not the same thing as transsexualism, as you'd know if you'd clicked the link on

• intopieces 9y ago
  If that’s what he meant that’s what he should have said. Using terminology that can be even the least bit confusing never helps any discussion. BTW, the link mentions trans people too. Stallman was using it as a catch all term. Again, don’t think he meant anything by it (that is another way of saying: “I am not personally offended by the words themselves because I understand and acknowledge the context and intent of them”) but words matter when you are trying to make a point.
  • thisacctforreal 9y ago
    From the article: >Under pressure from cross-dressers, Facebook said it would relax the 'real name' policy and allow people to use aliases, but only if they are generally known by those aliases or if they were victims of certain types of abuse or stalking. I fail to see what he "should have said" instead, and I don't see where confusion could arise other than the fact that trans & abuse victims were affected as well.