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Time to discard the “Transgender” term.
Self | 1/9/2025 | Gort_Klaatu

Posted on 01/09/2025 6:33:16 AM PST by Gort_Klaatu

Time to refuse to use the word “transgender” anymore. It gets tiring looking at articles that are about the alphabet community which constantly ignore the biological sex of the featured person and instead insist on using their terminology for their mental illnesses.

I propose that if an article if about a man pretending to be a woman then they won’t be referred to as “she” but as “Male pretendher”. And vice versa for a woman pretending to be a man. She will now be referred to a “Female pretendhim”.

The word “Pretend” - To speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not. - Is the perfect term to use with these people.

By using the added suffix to fit the biological sex not only clears things up a bit but it also points out the ludicrous nature of the situation.


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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“Pretenders or Posers will do fine. Maybe WishIwas, or wannabe.”

Sorry. Poser is restricted for those of us who have cool motorcycles but don’t ride them. We just stand near them and look really butch!


21 posted on 01/09/2025 7:10:32 AM PST by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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To: Gort_Klaatu

I call them different things depending on whether it’s yo their face or behind their back.

If it’s behind their back and it’s a guy pretending to be a girl, I’ll just say “he’s a tranny”. If it’s a girl pretending to be a guy, I’ll say “she’s a tranny.”

If it’s to their face I’ll just say “how you doing’” or if possible I’ll say nothing at all.

I have a grandson (my step son’s son) who wanted to be a girl and (sadly) got all the surgery.

The family lives close by but thankfully I haven’t seen them since this happened. We found out after-the-fact.

They seem to be very selective about who they “come out” to about it - only people they think will be supportive - and I guess that doesn’t include me - an outspoken Trump supporter.

My wife went over there to dinner and it was super awkward - all about schooling her in what names and pronouns to use - and lectures about how hateful everyone is, especially Republicans.

She said it’s absolutely impossible to have a real conversation where she would get to voice her concerns and (god-forbid) say how she really feels.

So sad. But anyway, if I ever see my grandson again I’ll be kind and loving but I’m not using his girl name or wrong pronouns - and if I ever get asked (which I doubt) I’ll just say I think it’s the most horrible nightmare that this was allowed to happen and I have zero respect for the parents.

Sorry, I’m 73 years old and my days of letting people put words in my mouth are over - certainly not people who can’t even tell the difference between a boy and a girl!


22 posted on 01/09/2025 7:12:32 AM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: Fiji Hill
Time to refuse to use the word “transgender” anymore.
The same goes for “gender,” which is a term that should be confined to linguistics. The proper biological term is “sex.” There are three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) and two sexes (male, female).
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and who conflated the 2 into 1 ?

the “ credentialed “ experts

ACEDEMIA

all under the eyes of the perv phd’s

23 posted on 01/09/2025 7:16:59 AM PST by cuz1961 (Isaiah 53:3)
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To: Gort_Klaatu
No.

Just call them he or she depending on what sex they are.

If you must refer to their removed sexual organs call them Eunuchs.

That way we all stay nicely based in reality.

24 posted on 01/09/2025 7:24:25 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Fiji Hill
The same goes for "gender," which is a term that should be confined to linguistics.

I love you.

In a purely platonic way of course.

25 posted on 01/09/2025 7:27:43 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Poser

Accurately describes some Dykes I’ve seen.


26 posted on 01/09/2025 7:30:18 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Gort_Klaatu

First of all, anyone who seriously altered themselves was PROPERLY called TRANSEXUAL.

Anyone who “cross-dressed” (which now seems to be their embraced term to some extent) was properly called a TRANSVESTITE.

Either might be flippantly called “trannies”. Not “trans”.

Notice how delicate liberal sensibilities are when using “sex” as a word. Suddenly they’re so prom and proper and refuse to say “sex”. This is one of those cases.


27 posted on 01/09/2025 7:31:30 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Gort_Klaatu; Skwor

I like “deviant creatures with hermaphrodite aspirations”, but it may be a bit long.


28 posted on 01/09/2025 7:45:08 AM PST by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: Gort_Klaatu

And exactly why many of us never go the NYP, DM, or other popular sites because they don’t know the difference between a girl and a boy. (And same with ‘bombshell’ but’s that’s off-topic LOL)


29 posted on 01/09/2025 7:53:37 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: Skwor
facts are fact, someone who actually thinks they are a different gender from their physical truth is mentally unstable.

But you fell right into the trap of using woke language when you used the word "gender" instead of "sex".

30 posted on 01/09/2025 8:18:56 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: MikelTackNailer

If Karl Marx were using the woke journalistic style of today, he would write, “from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs.”


31 posted on 01/09/2025 8:20:56 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Gort_Klaatu

That is what you used a vanity for?

Just call them mentally ill.

And proposing something to a place where ALL agree that trangsenderism is insane nonsense doesn’t accomplish much :)


32 posted on 01/09/2025 8:25:56 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Gort_Klaatu

I prefer the words ‘shehe’(pronouned shee-hee) or ‘heshe’. I should trademark my creations! Make a fortune.


33 posted on 01/09/2025 8:26:18 AM PST by oil_dude
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To: libertylover

Yes I used gender outside of a grammatical category, forgive me, I am an engineer not a proper English major.

I am actually aware of the proper use of gender as a grammatical tool and prior to all this nonsense it was considered poor grammar to refer to a person’s sex as a person’s gender.


34 posted on 01/09/2025 8:26:30 AM PST by Skwor
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To: Uncle Miltie

But, you cannot use that word on Xitter — you will be banned, suspended, visibility limited.
I’ve tried three times .

The pervert-protection services are still operational in X.


35 posted on 01/09/2025 8:26:58 AM PST by bobbo666
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To: Gort_Klaatu; Skwor

I like “deviant creatures with hermaphrodite aspirations”, but it may be a bit long.


36 posted on 01/09/2025 9:58:53 AM PST by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: Gort_Klaatu

Nah. You’re thinking too hard.

The correct term is:

Transvestite

That is all.


37 posted on 01/09/2025 10:18:07 AM PST by Theo (FReeping since 1997 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: Gort_Klaatu

Great post!


38 posted on 01/09/2025 10:34:34 AM PST by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . . ")
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To: Fireone

That’s what Rush recommended.

He said, “If you are having trouble keeping up with what a transgender person really is, just substitute ‘fake’ for ‘transgender’.”


39 posted on 01/09/2025 10:40:25 AM PST by HeadOn (Love God. Lead your family. Be a man. )
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To: DesertRhino

Please see posts 8 and 39...


40 posted on 01/09/2025 10:42:19 AM PST by HeadOn (Love God. Lead your family. Be a man. )
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