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FYI from https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/cis/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/cis/ “Cissexual was coined in the mid 1990s by a Germ

FYI from https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/cis/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/cis/ “Cissexual was coined in the mid 1990s by a German sexologist. He used the Latin preposition cis, meaning “on this side of,” as a contrast to transsexual, trans being the Latin for “on the other side of” or “across.”” So not a slur at all really. An accurate way of differentiating “this” vs “that”. I wonder if Mr.Free Speech will ban the use of “libtard” or “fascist”.

timbo1642 3y ago
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10u152 3y ago
A slur doesn’t need to have any specific definition. It’s contextual and it’s about how it’s used. “Retarded” is a technical/medical term but is now forbidden. Note I agree with you in general about the free speech thing. It’s just Musk has been out of the news for a while and he wants some attention as far as I’m concerned.
torstenvl 3y ago
Homosexual literally means "of or relating to the same sex," but—despite being in a same-sex relationship—I don't think I'm wrong in being offended when someone calls me a homo. The etymological denotation of a word has very little to do with the current connotation of a word.
- mlyle 3y ago
  > The etymological denotation of a word has very little to do with the current connotation of a word. Here it really just means that: not trans.
- croes 3y ago
  It's not about etymology but about Musk's free speech claim. Dead naming or misgendering isn't a problem for him but cis is a slur?
  - torstenvl 3y ago
    >>> “Cissexual was coined in the mid 1990s by a German sexologist. He used the Latin preposition cis, meaning “on this side of,” as a contrast to transsexual, trans being the Latin for “on the other side of” or “across.”” >> The etymological denotation of a word has very little to do with the current connotation of a word. > It's not about etymology Ok.
Timon3 3y ago
I remember when I was smaller that some people got really offended when described as heterosexual. "I'm not hetero, I'm normal" sticks in my brain. Something similar is probably at play here - people trying to reject a descriptor they don't think they identify as, but not because it's not accurate, but because they reject the categorization entirely.
- sp332 3y ago
  They want to be the normal, default, nameless group so that they can treat trans people as freaks. Or to put it another way, they think cis is a slur because they use trans a as a slur.
  - Timon3 3y ago
    Exactly! They fundamentally don't want to acknowledge trans people's existence as valid, and use every possible tool to keep it that way.

timbo1642 3y ago

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10u152 3y ago

A slur doesn’t need to have any specific definition. It’s contextual and it’s about how it’s used. “Retarded” is a technical/medical term but is now forbidden. Note I agree with you in general about the free speech thing. It’s just Musk has been out of the news for a while and he wants some attention as far as I’m concerned.

torstenvl 3y ago

Homosexual literally means "of or relating to the same sex," but—despite being in a same-sex relationship—I don't think I'm wrong in being offended when someone calls me a homo. The etymological denotation of a word has very little to do with the current connotation of a word.

mlyle 3y ago
> The etymological denotation of a word has very little to do with the current connotation of a word. Here it really just means that: not trans.
croes 3y ago
It's not about etymology but about Musk's free speech claim. Dead naming or misgendering isn't a problem for him but cis is a slur?
- torstenvl 3y ago
  >>> “Cissexual was coined in the mid 1990s by a German sexologist. He used the Latin preposition cis, meaning “on this side of,” as a contrast to transsexual, trans being the Latin for “on the other side of” or “across.”” >> The etymological denotation of a word has very little to do with the current connotation of a word. > It's not about etymology Ok.

Timon3 3y ago

I remember when I was smaller that some people got really offended when described as heterosexual. "I'm not hetero, I'm normal" sticks in my brain. Something similar is probably at play here - people trying to reject a descriptor they don't think they identify as, but not because it's not accurate, but because they reject the categorization entirely.

sp332 3y ago
They want to be the normal, default, nameless group so that they can treat trans people as freaks. Or to put it another way, they think cis is a slur because they use trans a as a slur.
- Timon3 3y ago
  Exactly! They fundamentally don't want to acknowledge trans people's existence as valid, and use every possible tool to keep it that way.