KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime said:
So due to people constantly insisting on derailing my thread, designed to help broaden the understanding of transgender people, with a debate on this term I decided to start this one.
I have only one rule for this thread: Keep it civil and polite! So don't throw insults and false accusations around. That said debating the term is perfectly fine, so long as you follow the site rules.
My Opinion: I'm honestly not quite sure what what to think of the term now. I'm just kind of tired of it being debated back and forth to the point it's lost almost all meaning in my mind. I guess replacing it might be inorder.
So what do you all think? Discuss!
To be honest I tend to steer clear of these sorts of topics. But I guess I'll throw my two bits in here, and really I think my opinion means less than that.
I think I understand the term pretty well enough, at least in how transgender people use it. Makes sense. But what I'm about to say might not come as any surprise, and I'm sure people are sick of hearing it.
The majority of times I hear the term are by (I assume) the rather vocal and angry portions of the trans community. Using it as an insult, or just being condescending. Cis-scum, (white)cis-scum, cishet being the ever popular ones. I still don't know what cishet means. I've also heard one notable trans poster in these forums use the term cis-splain. Like Mansplain. Though to be fair that was only once, and it was rare that I saw it because I don't usually like to get involved in these threads.
I'm not about to spread that experience to make a blanket judgement about the whole trans community. However, I'm really in no hurry to participate in discussions like this. It usually doesn't end well. I will say that your threads have been more approachable and less... shall we say... combative? Than some other posters here. So props for that, Kyuubi.