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Re:Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online by spencerflem on Thursday January 23, 2025 @05:26PM (#42808704)
Cultural Appropriation is super often misused (as it was in this case), but does describe a real thing.

Just like how people complain that 'crypto' now only means cryptocurrency, or people complain that the new star wars movies 'killed their childhood' etc, having something that you have a strong connection to have its meaning distorted sucks.

Imagine if seeing a holy cross, the first thing you thought of wasn't the religious meaning but that it was the logo for some company.

One of many terms that got taken way out of context and abused by lots of people, some with good intentions and some not

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Re:Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online by DonHopkins on Thursday January 23, 2025 @06:22PM (#42809089)
>Imagine if seeing a holy cross, the first thing you thought of wasn't the religious meaning but that it was the logo for some company.

It is; they're just tax exempt and have their own country.

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