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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by troupo on Saturday August 17, 2024 @04:51PM (#41277861)
> I'm guessing you're not a huge proponent of free speech?

Is Musk such a proponent? His professed absolutist views have been shown to be a lie and farce many times over

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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by davidmurdoch on Saturday August 17, 2024 @04:59PM (#41277909)
Eh, better than Jack Dorsey, and almost certainly better than the government of Brazil and the UK.
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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by smcl on Saturday August 17, 2024 @07:52PM (#41279023)
He’s made “cisgender” a banned word, c’mon
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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by davidmurdoch on Saturday August 17, 2024 @08:06PM (#41279090)
I don't think he did. I just tweeted with the word and it's getting views and some engagement
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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by xdennis on Saturday August 17, 2024 @09:24PM (#41279425)
If you ban slurs against minorities you should ban slurs against majorities. And, yes, c**ender is a slur. It's only ever used by its opponents and in a negative context.
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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by kibwen on Saturday August 17, 2024 @10:28PM (#41279676)
> And, yes, c*ender is a slur. It's only ever used by its opponents and in a negative context.

What on earth... "Cisgender" is as much of a slur as "cislunar" or "cisalpine". And who are "its opponents"? The opponents of being cisgender? Are you trying to suggest that trans people are against the existence of cis people? Have you considered spending less time on Twitter?

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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by davidmurdoch on Saturday August 17, 2024 @11:06PM (#41279847)
It's used as an insult it to make fun of people over on TikTok sometimes. It's typically just harmless in-group banter not directly aimed at someone, but it occasionally leaks over to "the other side" and people get mad.
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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by troupo on Sunday August 18, 2024 @01:06AM (#41280226)
Just because you randomly use as aster*sks doesn't make the world a slur.

No, it's not used only in negative contexts.

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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by davidmurdoch on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:54AM (#41310922)
update: my tweets using "cis" and "cisgender" both got slightly more views and engagement than my usual posts.
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