X now treats the term cisgender as a slur

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X now treats the term cisgender as a slur
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No you are not engaging with the arguments I am making. Respect for what people associate with is different from a word being a slur, or treated as such. Going around calling people who does not want to be is disrespectful and is harrasment but it does not make a slur in a general sense.

Cisgendered is a word to describe people's gender identity, not for insulting.

Agree totally, but just FYI "cisgendered" isn't a word (nor is "transgendered").

Yeah it's not a slur just like the words male and female aren't either but they can be used with the intention to insult when directed at people not identifying as such.

I don't agree with labeling the term as such but I do agree with the core intention which is to prevent harrasment. I don't quite see what the issue is here. This will not cause trouble to anyone using the term appropriately.

How does the statement "the words 'cis' or 'cisgendered' are considered slurs on this platform" leave any room for appropriate use of those terms.

But it will cause trouble, because it is now (treated as) a slur on Twitter. Depending on how strict they are you can't go around saying "as a cisgender" or having it in your bio.

TechCrunch reported on Tuesday that trying to publish a post using the terms “cisgender” or “cis” in the X mobile app will pop up a full-screen warning reading, “This post contains language that may be considered a slur by X and could be used in a harmful manner in violation of our rules.” It then gives you the choice of continuing to publish the post..

Like I said earlier: context matters

Weird how Nazis aren't getting any sort of popups when they post their bigotry on Twitter.