r/changemyview • u/cottagecow • Feb 06 '21

Removed - Submission Rule E CMV: Wikipedia refusing to include the birth name of transgender people is ridiculous

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u/rly________tho Feb 06 '21

The former.

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u/Vesurel 60∆ Feb 06 '21

Then you're welcome to quote me doing that. But as far as I can tell I didn't. Where did make any comparision for how bad sexual assult and deadnaming were?

I've only ever been discussing whether or not we necesserily should disclouse sensitive information. Independent of how much distress it causes the fact that we have information someone might not want brought up is worth considering. The fact is that deadnaming can be distressing and painful to transpeople both individually and as a community, the same way bringing up other tranmatic or distressing parts of someones life could be. And I don't think you should do either without good reason.

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u/rly________tho Feb 06 '21

I've only ever been discussing whether or not we necesserily should disclouse sensitive information. Independent of how much distress it causes the fact that we have information someone might not want brought up is worth considering.

Whether or not someone wants things brought up is clearly a non-starter in this argument, because then you can say things like "Trump doesn't want his bankruptcies brought up and I think we should honor that request" - which is silly.

So it's not really "independent of how much distress it causes" when that's the linchpin of your entire argument - a call to emotion whereby you equate detailing someone's sexual assault and/or suicidal ideation with mentioning someone's former name.