Why is transphobia tolerated here?

[Paprika]

If a person were to join this forum making racist comments, using and implying racial slurs, and saying that racial minorities were disgusting, evil, and inherently inferior, they would certainly be swiftly banned (and rightly so!). This person could say the same things about women, people from certain countries, people with disabilities, and the reaction would be the same -- a swift ban.

However, on this forum -- which prides itself on civility -- people can make bigoted and untrue comments about transsexuals and all the genderbending lot with absolutely no consequences. Not so much as a warning. Certain members have been making blatantly transphobic statements for years without even a moderator comment.

Why the double standard? Why is racism banned, but transphobia and cisgender supremacy tolerated? Are T people somehow a less-deserving minority?

[Bust Nak]

[Replying to post 1 by Paprika]

What is going on here? Are you gloating that we mods haven't been as proactive as we could have been in clamping down on your post?

[Paprika]

[Replying to post 11 by Bust Nak]
It's a parody of the homophobia thread.

[Paprika]

Quick note: please avoid the term "genderbending," it's considered offensive. "Gender non-conforming" is the more respectful term.

So, the OP of a thread objecting to transphobic language uses transphobic language in the OP?

One just can't win

There's always something to object to.

[Bust Nak]

[Replying to post 11 by Bust Nak]
It's a parody of the homophobia thread.

I am aware of the parody, but for what purpose if not to gloat that you are free to use transphobic words such as "genderbending lot" with no consequences?

[Paprika]

[Replying to post 11 by Bust Nak]
It's a parody of the homophobia thread.

I am aware of the parody, but for what purpose if not to gloat that you are free to use transphobic words such as "genderbending lot" with no consequences?

I decline to answer.

As someone wise once said, "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process."

[Haven]

If this thread won't evolve into a serious discussion on the use of transphobic language on this forum, then it's probably best that it be closed. DCR isn't the place for people to simply vent on topics that bother them.

[Hamsaka]

If this thread won't evolve into a serious discussion on the use of transphobic language on this forum, then it's probably best that it be closed. DCR isn't the place for people to simply vent on topics that bother them.

Or post deliberately inflammatory nonsense and then plead 'joking' and 'parody'. Since when is that tolerated?

[otseng]

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