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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (18 children)

I hate to say it, but until trans people are normalized in American society, pointing out that his daughter is trans is probably necessary for people to understand why Elon says he lost his son.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (12 children)

Is it though? It just legitimizes it as a reason to separate her from other women. Until I see "So-and-So's cis-gendered hetero daughter" I think we can agree it's singling them out, not highlighting something in good faith. For example, and this is the BBC's:

Elon Musk: Billionaire's daughter cuts ties with her father | BBC

She's a woman, who from what I can see is emancipated from her father. He's a sack of shit, she's voicing that. That's the story.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (10 children)

That doesn’t explain why. And the why here is important. Essential.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Headlines don't typically contain the entire context. You have to actually read the article for the why.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And Americans often don't read past the headlines.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's not what we're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seems to me like that's exactly what we're talking about- explaining things simply to lazy Americans.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We're talking about whether or not it's dehumanizing to constantly other trans people in a way that doesn't apply to cis people. You kinda seem like you just want an argument thought.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It looks more like what you were talking about than what anyone else was talking about:

On top of that, the person I initially responded to agreed with my point.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

That's absolutely not how that expression is used. At all.

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