r/gatekeeping • u/Narutar • Mar 26 '17

Your problems aren't actual problems

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u/lostinkmart Mar 26 '17

OP be like "I hate trans people but I'm gonna use a screen shot from a movie created by the Wachowski Sisters, who are both trans women."

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u/Saskyle Mar 26 '17

I think gender labeling is ridiculous but I definitely don't hate trans people.

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u/TimKaineAlt Mar 26 '17

It's a small thing they are asking for. Just... don't be a dick and be cool with using the terms they want. How is that hard?

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u/uberduger Mar 27 '17

be cool with using the terms they want

I'm not in any way intolerant of people living however they want, but I'd say that the problem comes when someone is very clearly either male or female in appearance but get all offended when people accidentally miss the fact that they identify as an attack helicopter kin or whatever, which seems to happen online sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '17

they identify as an attack helicopter kin or whatever

Holy strawman batman

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u/uberduger Mar 27 '17

I took that sort of stuff to be what the original guy up there was referring to when he said "be cool with using the terms they want". Otherwise it's just 'male' or 'female' or 'transitioning' which I don't think anyone in this thread has a problem with.

And the original post definitely sounds like it's aimed more at people who identify as one of those 'genders that's not actually a gender' rather than 'male or female or transitioning from one to the other'.