When you’re so ignorant you’re accidentally an ally

  • w3dd1e@lemm.ee
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    I had a coworker say cisgender was an offensive word. She is typically very openminded and supportive of the LGBTQ+ community so I was surprised.

    Turns out she didn’t know what it meant. She just heard people use it with disdain and assumed it was offensive.

    I do not understand other people.

    • waz@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      Realizing people repeat things said by other people without taking the time to understand them should help you understand other people a lot.

      • shalafi@lemmy.world
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        Even I’m finding the word a bit derogatory because of said people. Close enough to “breeder”. Man, fuck them. I consider myself a staunch ally and then see shit like that.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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      I knew someone who refused to look up what words meant. If she didn’t know one , she’d guess or infer from context, but never just look it up. I think she had some unaddressed trauma from school or childhood or something