I may be proved wrong but I see a fine line here. Not believing in gender studies does not mean transphobic. He argues about women in tech, based on (flawed) research. He believes in free speech. I disagree with his conclusions. That does not make him racist/misogynic/transphobic
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Replying to @alainpannetrat @timonsku and
It's not just the "research". He's literally saying Limor Fried and Jeri Ellsworth only get articles because they're women. In another forum thread he tells a trans person to suck it up and accept he gets to use a trans slur as a name for transistors.
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Replying to @alainpannetrat @timonsku and1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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Replying to @marcan42 @alainpannetrat and
JFC, that thread is just full of fucking terrible people.
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Replying to @arturo182 @marcan42 and
Yes, that thread is full of terrible people, but this does not mean he endorses their point of view. He is factually correct that the word "trans" can be used in a context where it is not an insult, no? 1/2
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Replying to @alainpannetrat @arturo182 and
Otherwise, it's like asking Spanish people to drop the word "negro" when it means the color "black" because it's offensive in other cultures. This is the wrong fight IMO. 2/2
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Replying to @alainpannetrat @arturo182 and
Nah, at this point, the word is so associated with being a slur towards trans people, that any other connotation is basically gone. Personally, I'm trans and I don't care a lot about it, but his usage sticks out as deliberately anachronistic
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Replying to @MLE_Online @alainpannetrat and
This. It's one thing to not know, and another to not care once you're made aware of the connotations. He may be Australian where that word may be common in EE contexts, but he's producing content for a worldwide English-speaking audience. And it's not okay in others.
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Replying to @marcan42 @MLE_Online and
I'm Spanish, and I certainly wouldn't start using the word "negro" for the color black when I'm speaking English. And I'll joke with Japanese people that us Spaniards say "chin-chin" for a drinking toast, but I won't just use it unprompted, because it does mean dick in Japanese.
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And I had a Spanish language YouTube channel, and there are words that are inoffensive in Spain but offensive (esp. to a minority) in Latin America, yeah, I'd avoid them, and certainly not make them a running gag.
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