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News and Events => Opinions & Editorials => Topic started by: Natasha on November 24, 2008, 05:11:07 PM

Title: Isn't Oppression Bad and Calling it Out Good?
Post by: Natasha on November 24, 2008, 05:11:07 PM
Isn't Oppression Bad and Calling it Out Good?

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/isnt_oppression_bad_and_calling_it_out_g.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/isnt_oppression_bad_and_calling_it_out_g.php)
Tobi Hill-Meyer
November 24, 2008 6:00 PM

Or did I get it backwards.

In an LGBT online support community I participate in a few participants were purposefully using the wrong pronouns for a trans person in the media who they did not like. When several people pointed out that that's a very transphobic tactic and the discussion got heated the moderator stepped in - and told them to stop throwing around "transphobic" because it is an ad hominem attack that only derails conversation.