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swimboy

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5. I don't know the Context

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 24, 2023, 01:02 PM

Mar 2023

But I would be surprised if anyone ‘came at’ a CIS woman who referred to herself as a woman.
There is, however, a distinct and measurable difference between Ana Kasparian saying ’I am a woman’ and Ana Kasparian saying ‘I am a woman’ while slapping a transgender woman across the face with a glove.

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Ana Kasparian pushes back against Trans-friendly terminology [View all] News Junkie Mar 2023 OP

I'll copy my reply from the other thread on this LostOne4Ever Mar 2023 #1

This is excellent. swimboy Mar 2023 #6

Refusing to let me self-identify is bollocks. Like hell if I am going to be wilfully reduced Celerity Mar 2023 #10

To refuse to allow an individual trans OR cis-gendered individual right to self-identify is wrong hlthe2b Mar 2023 #2

Exactly Polybius Mar 2023 #3

I don't know the Context swimboy Mar 2023 #5

She is but one woman. The issue extends far beyond her and her individual issue. hlthe2b Mar 2023 #7

+1 Celerity Mar 2023 #11

Agree 👍 Celerity Mar 2023 #9

It's dizzying to feel the need to defend Ana Kasparian... OilemFirchen Mar 2023 #4

But what's the context? Was this on the show? betsuni Mar 2023 #8