(February 2, 2014 at 7:10 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: My personal view is that by using it in a way that was not anti-transexual she took a little bit of the power out of the term.
That's pretty much my view, too. Words like that derive their power from their impact on us. If we let words like 'tranny' bother us, we give them the power to hurt us. I choose not to let those terms hurt me and therefore take a bit of that power away.
But I also know there are some crazy, angry transsexuals who probably don't feel that way. Hell, sometimes it feels like all the other trannies are going out of their way to find something to be outraged about. For example:
http://www.dailydot.com/society/laci-gre...h-threats/
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
