Poll: WHY is the F word not acceptable but Tranny is?

seaɴ.

Why is this derogatory word towards the transgender community acceptable on ATRL but the word ****** is not? They're both EQUALLY offensive..

Kavish

Sucks.

Retro

Neither is, nor should be, acceptable as far as I'm concerned.

Katy V.!

There are less "trannys" than "****"

BadBitches

People who let words get to them need to wise up. I'm not saying the F word or what ever other disgusting slurs out should be accepted, just ignore the peasants who use them and get on with you're life. Trust me wasting time on a few letters is pathetic.

nills

I don't think anyone says it to be offensive, it's just shorter than saying transexual/transgender.

Retro

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Originally posted by BadBitches

People who let words get to them need to wise up. I'm not saying the F word or what ever other disgusting slurs out should be accepted, just ignore the peasants who use them and get on with you're life. Trust me wasting time on a few letters is pathetic.

It's "pathetic" to care when someone abuses terms that are thrown at people left and right with the intention of deriding and insulting them?

Miles Caulfield

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Originally posted by nills

I don't think anyone says it to be offensive, it's just shorter than saying transexual/transgender.

A) That doesn't excuse it.
B) When their mistake is pointed out, 99.99% of them just laugh and ignore it.

And it's ********. It's like most of the gay males on here use arguments against transgenders that people use against gays. But if you say any of those things back at them they get angry and don't see how the two are the same. It's one of the shittiest parts about this site.

chilicheese01

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Originally posted by Miles Caufield

A) That doesn't excuse it.
B) When their mistake is pointed out, 99.99% of them just laugh and ignore it.

And it's ********. It's like most of the gay males on here use arguments against transgenders that people use against gays. But if you say any of those things back at them they get angry and don't see how the two are the same. It's one of the shittiest parts about this site.

But being gay and thinking you were born into the wrong gender are two different things, bye.

C/H/A/N/E/L

"Tranny" isn't acceptable. No one said it was. People still use "******" even though it isn't acceptable.

Miles Caulfield

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Originally posted by chilicheese01

But being gay and thinking you were born into the wrong gender are two different things, bye.

Uh, no, they're not. I swear to god if you use that whole "it's not a choice" thing on me, I will drag you to the pits of hell and back.

Espresso

As for the "T-word" I actually asked this question to several self-identified transexuals (friends of a friend) at a party during pride weekend and they were split about 50/50 - half of them couldn't care less about any slur and the other half thought it was incredibly offensive. It wouldn't surprise me if the same situation applied to the gays.

I don't have the energy, patience, nor time to be offended by any slur but I'm not going to dictate to others what they should or shouldn't be offended by. I personally try not to use any of the minority "slurs" and I try to avoid those that do regularly. For starters, it strikes me as really tacky. (The only times I can ever recall I have was f***** once in reference to my drunk self at my friend's house and n***** from two rap songs I used to listen to a lot

)

The whole "Reclaim the Slur of Your Minority for Power" trend I'm hearing a lot now makes me cringe, as the context behind it isn't going away. I don't buy the constant excuse "it's only as powerful as the power you give the word". The power behind the slur is always there and will always be negative, IMO.

Retro

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Originally posted by chilicheese01

But being gay and thinking you were born into the wrong gender are two different things, bye.

The fact that you think it's just thinking you were born the wrong sex is very telling.

Fernando.

since when has it not been acceptable? I use those words all the time

brIt-()nstar

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Originally posted by X/O/X/O

"Tranny" isn't acceptable. No one said it was. People still use "******" even though it isn't acceptable.

I'd rather be politically incorrect than to call trannies transexual/transgender. See the convenience? My fingers hurt typing that and given ATRL's server, I'd rather get on time than to get OC messages all over again.

Jemini

You can find out if I am tranny tonight... Check the blogs

Guy

Because Gays only care about the G in LGBT.

ZachM

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Originally posted by X/O/X/O

"Tranny" isn't acceptable. No one said it was. People still use "******" even though it isn't acceptable.

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liberalmusiclover

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Originally posted by shanners

You can find out if I am tranny tonight... Check the blogs

Genocide

I've never really seen anyone (seriously) say tranny in an offensive manner...I normally see tranny used as a shortcut to say transsexual rather than to hurt someone.

I genuinely don't find either words offensive in any form, but I agree that gays are hypocritical when it comes to transsexuals. As someone else has already said, we only care about the G in LGBT.