You ever notice how no one finds it a struggle to avoid deadnaming the Pope? No one goes "Jorge, I mean Francis"
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Replying to @arthur_affect
@alexandraerin@arthur_affect Also, relatively few popes are well-known under their pre-ordination name.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @womzilla
@womzilla@arthur_affect Trans people get deadnamed by people who have never heard of us and went digging for what they insist is "real".1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @AlexandraErin
@alexandraerin@arthur_affect Yes! I'm sorry, I meant to go on to point out that people who hate a pope often do deliberately deadname +>1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @womzilla
@alexandraerin@arthur_affect <+ for the same reason--as an act of acrimonious disrespect. Got distracted.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @womzilla
@alexandraerin@arthur_affect J-P2 was definitely called "Wojtyła" by those who wanted to diminish his authenticity, Benedict more so.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @womzilla
@alexandraerin@arthur_affect I know that "I, not you, will decide what you get to be called" is a very old dominance/bullying tactic.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @womzilla
@alexandraerin@arthur_affect ...and sorry that I diminished that by sidetracking.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@womzilla @alexandraerin There's a whole srs convo to have abt self-determination and historical naming conventions but this tweet isn't it
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