Keith Houchen Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 “You all have different types of pants on” is an insult for the ages. Sublime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted May 14, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted May 14, 2023 He's got a point, all the best fascist militias from history colour co-ordinate thier outfits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 16, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2023 I wouldn't be surprised if this is made up but the replies are a mix of the very funny and the depressingly stupid. Welcome to TwitterX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted December 17, 2023 Moderators Share Posted December 17, 2023 I'm a big fan of the fact that I can't see replies anymore as someone without an account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westlondonmist Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 11 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said: I wouldn't be surprised if this is made up but the replies are a mix of the very funny and the depressingly stupid. Welcome to TwitterX. Not going to lie, I had to search for what TERF meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted December 17, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 17, 2023 2 hours ago, westlondonmist said: Not going to lie, I had to search for what TERF meant. As did I. Every day is a school day and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted December 17, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 17, 2023 I try and stay out of the terf wars. I think it's got something to do with Harry Potter but I don't want to investigate further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 13 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: I try and stay out of the terf wars. I think it's got something to do with Harry Potter but I don't want to investigate further. It's more about the author not the books, but meh, just trans rights issues innit. Make it about Harry Potter. Not like they matter is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted December 17, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, Chili said: It's more about the author not the books, but meh, just trans rights issues innit. Make it about Harry Potter. Not like they matter is it.  18 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: I don't want to investigate further. Trans rights has been a serious issue for about 5 years now Chilli, or roughly 1 tenth of my lifespan so far. I have been polite to people for 10 tenths of my life (A delightful baby) and I will always try to put everyone at ease and call them whatever they wish to be called, and treat them how they wish to be treated. Sometimes I will get that wrong and I will try to learn from my mistakes, if I'm given the chance. Apart from that kindly see the end of my original post quoted above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:  Trans rights has been a serious issue for about 5 years now Chilli, or roughly 1 tenth of my lifespan so far. I have been polite to people for 10 tenths of my life (A delightful baby) and I will always try to put everyone at ease and call them whatever they wish to be called, and treat them how they wish to be treated. Sometimes I will get that wrong and I will try to learn from my mistakes, if I'm given the chance. Apart from that kindly see the end of my original post quoted above. I wasn't slagging you off just vibed you did know more through a Harry Potter reference. Anyway you said you make the effort which is brilliant so no problem there. Sorry myself if it looked like lashing out, it's an awful day on the depression front where one minute I'm thinking death the next I'm planning beans on toast as a treat. Depression is fucking incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesTuckerTheThird Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 I've taken to agitating people who decry "wokeness", whatever that means, with this gif. Please, enjoy.https://twitter.com/i/status/1734141516854002089 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:  Trans rights has been a serious issue for about 5 years now Chilli, or roughly 1 tenth of my lifespan so far. I have been polite to people for 10 tenths of my life (A delightful baby) and I will always try to put everyone at ease and call them whatever they wish to be called, and treat them how they wish to be treated. Sometimes I will get that wrong and I will try to learn from my mistakes, if I'm given the chance. Apart from that kindly see the end of my original post quoted above. Very similar to my thoughts on it.  Happy to be as accommodating to people’s wishes as regards names and pronouns, but unwilling to take too bold a stance on a subject which seems to pit one group’s wishes against another group that includes both my mother and my wife, and also many feminists I grew up revering.  I’ll wait for things to work themselves out without my help on this one.  Besides I work with a number of trans people and none of them seem to give a shit about it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 17 minutes ago, Loki said: Very similar to my thoughts on it.  Happy to be as accommodating to people’s wishes as regards names and pronouns, but unwilling to take too bold a stance on a subject which seems to pit one group’s wishes against another group that includes both my mother and my wife, and also many feminists I grew up revering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 59 minutes ago, Loki said: Besides I work with a number of trans people and none of them seem to give a shit about it either. Nope, it's mostly men who are the most vocal for some weird reason. On both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 I do struggle with the pronoun thing. Not from a lack of respect or understanding but just because it's all very new to me. I think it's natural when you've lived for years understanding the world in a very black and white way that such changes can be quite challenging to implement in a day to day basis. Although to be fair it's not something I come across that regularly anyway. Probably because I don't work with people of an age that would really want to call anyone out on it. And my kids aren't old enough to know about it either. It's something I often read about but don't really get involved in. Not because I don't care but just because I don't feel like it's my area to be commenting on at all. More for me to learn about and try to adjust to where possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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