FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoEverybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problemmessage-squaremessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1668arrow-down142
arrow-up1626arrow-down1message-squareEverybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problemFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squarelividweasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·2 days ago Thirty-one percent of U.S. adults disapprove of transgender and nonbinary adults living their lives as they wish That sure doesn’t sound like a niche thing
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·edit-22 days agoSo… You think 31% is “everyone” like OP said? Because if you disagree with both of us, it makes no fucking sense to criticize me and not the person who was off by 59%…
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoI didn’t say everyone had a problem with transgender people, I said everyone was fine with celebrities making up fake names
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoOften they have to due to SAG rules. Only one person can have a name while being part of the union. Like Emma Stone. Her real name is Emily Stone, but there was already one working with SAG, so she had to change it. She even prefers Emily.
minus-squarelividweasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day ago“Everyone” had nothing to do with my reply. You were saying that transphobia was not common. I quoted the relevant statistic from the survey you linked that implied otherwise.
That sure doesn’t sound like a niche thing
So…
You think 31% is “everyone” like OP said?
Because if you disagree with both of us, it makes no fucking sense to criticize me and not the person who was off by 59%…
I didn’t say everyone had a problem with transgender people, I said everyone was fine with celebrities making up fake names
Often they have to due to SAG rules. Only one person can have a name while being part of the union.
Like Emma Stone. Her real name is Emily Stone, but there was already one working with SAG, so she had to change it. She even prefers Emily.
“Everyone” had nothing to do with my reply. You were saying that transphobia was not common. I quoted the relevant statistic from the survey you linked that implied otherwise.