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bigotry on fedi
@masterofthetiger@theres.life
What makes them bigots is that there is literally hundreds, even thousands of years of english precedence that defines gender int he way I described it.
A few people come along who all of a sudden want to change this definition to some arbitrary standard they just made up and is already the established standard of a totally different word (the word sex). So one has to ask, why would they go through all the effort to make such an absurd linguistic change. For the most part the answer to that is bigotry. In some cases its just group-think repeating like parrots when they heard other bigots say even if they themselves arent a bigot.
So while I wouldnt say all of them are just bigots for the most part it has its roots in bigotry at the very least. I certainly cant think of any other underlying motivation for it.
Moreover the issues with how to apply the standard. The established standard for the past few hundred/thousand years was always "if it looks like a woman you treat it like a woman".. but to switch to a standard of "I must know what genitals are sitting in someones pants and once I am aware of what that is I will treat the person according to that" functionally can never work anyway, so its just pretty stupid a way of doing things "Hi, I know you look like a woman but before I refer to you as she can you please verify you have a vagina, and can you reassure me you were born with it, thanks"
