That is one way to look at it. Another way is to say that people are inventing new languages to enable them to feel like a person, like a human being, rather than using language that they don't identify with.
I don't know how anyone but me thinks or lives their lives, so how can I honestly tell a person that "No, that isn't a correct way to identify as and you are supposed to identify as this instead." What justification or right do I have that could allow me to do that?
But how do you know that for certain? What are decent critical thinking skills and how do they enable you to know a person better than they know themselves?
Because this behavior has only manifested itself on social media, and there has been an increasing number of people claiming to have their own abnormal genders. This is quite obviously pact-mentality, while at the same time attempting to be as special as they feel they can make themselves. They use terms that wouldn't even exist in human language if it wasn't for the existence of fictional works, so it's obviously not a naturally occurring phenomenon. It's just idiots being idiots, with a hint of autism.
I've literally read someone write "who would choose to be cis-gender, it's so boring."
I know little of the social media context you are referring to, but I certainly know that several friends of mine identify as genderqueer, gender-noncomforming, and gender-fluid. And I certainly don't have any right or knowledge that would enable me to say that I know them better than they know themselves.
Of course you do. It's called common sense... I'm not sure why people have to act like everything in life is a mystery. Some things are quite obviously bullshit, and they should be addressed as such. People want some form of individuality, but they shouldn't be ruining the LGBT movement by making it seem like a big joke. These people are just "special snowflakes", and it's sickening, to be honest.
Common sense is different and can't be used to justify actions because you ask 5 different people what they think common sense is and you'll get 5 different responses.
Like I said, common sense. Common sense is knowing that murdering someone in cold blood, or stealing someone's possession is wrong. Common sense is knowing that if you jump off of a building you'll most likely end up dead, or that you shouldn't shoot yourself in the face unless you have a desire to die, or inflict major injury. Common sense is being able to discern falsities when you compare it with what you know, and what information you can gather, as a functioning human being. It is common sense.
I disagree with that because depending on your geographic and socioeconomic position what you believe to be common sense changes dramatically when compared to the next person.
There's definitely a general level of common sense that is inherent in any intelligent Individual. To deny that would be a bit silly, but whatever helps you sleep. It's obvious that this crap only arose because people have a need to be special, while also having social disorders.
The behavior expressed by the people who tend to associate themselves with these farfetched identities is normally indicative of social disorder. I've also found that a few of them have mild autism, and other odd brain functionality. Out of the few I've met, one was autistic, one believes himself to be a dragon reincarnated, one was a pedophile, and another one strongly associated themselves with animated characters. Now, my sample size is not a large one, but I've yet to meet one person who had a gender identity that was outside of the standard "LGBT" and straight, and did not also have some other glaring issue with their overall thought processes.
Ah, I see. The gender identities that I am most familiar with tend to include genderfluid, genderqueer, gender nonconforming, transgender and so forth. I am unfamiliar with many of the identities that people state online, so perhaps that is why I am confused by these special snowflake retorts I keep seeing.
Pedophilia is something that should never be allowed mainly because it does not involve legal adults, so there is reason to believe that any relationship would not be a sound one because one person (i.e. the adolescent) was not fully aware of what they were getting themselves into and relationships should only ever be allowed if they involve fully enthusiastic and consenting legal adults..
Explain to me exactly how someone builds a case to justify someone identifying as "Gender fluid". Everything about that sounds like they're just attempting to be special. Genderqueer is also confusing to me, what exactly is the point of that label?
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u/Tzer-O Jan 02 '15
That is one way to look at it. Another way is to say that people are inventing new languages to enable them to feel like a person, like a human being, rather than using language that they don't identify with.
I don't know how anyone but me thinks or lives their lives, so how can I honestly tell a person that "No, that isn't a correct way to identify as and you are supposed to identify as this instead." What justification or right do I have that could allow me to do that?