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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 73 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Chait's response to Rowling's racist reply to him is exceptional.

[–] cabvagebeets@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A completely normal way to respond to being asked to use folks pronouns...

"You say you use she/her pronouns, but what if I said some dumb racist shit? Check mate un-TERFs!"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It makes me wonder if she says things like, "hello, black person. Is this the line for the post office?"

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Wasn't that a bit in a movie? Maybe the one where the family got locked in a nuclear bunker and thought the apocalypse happened? The dad comes out and says something like "look son! A <Spanish word for the color "black">"?

Or maybe it was the other way. Yeah...I think it was the adult-child, who lived his whole life in the bunker, that said that.

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like blast from the past, but I haven't seen it in so long I don't remember that...

It’s weird that she says

what if I claim to be…

Really missing the point that people ain’t claiming to be anything. It’s what they are.