• Windex007@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    For what it’s worth, and maybe I’m naive, but I read that comment not about not meeting some criteria of what appears on a driver’s license… But instead rebuking the notion that JD has acted with the integrity required to achieve “manhood”.

    English has really massacred the ability to clearly articulate concepts around biology, identifying as a boy or girl, and then having lived in such a way to have “ascended” to “manhood/womanhood”.

    JD Vance is a boy if he says he’s a boy. Being a man isn’t so simple. I reject that he is a man.

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      2 days ago

      I don’t think Jd Vance was born with a penis.

      If they want to keep bathrooms “safe” what’s good for the goose …

      I’m just taking a page out of their book, and applying it to a “man” who looks very womanly.

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      2 days ago

      Ignoring the bit where they call him trans as an insult…

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        Yeah re-reading that line, I think you’re right that they intended “trans” to mean “masqueradeding as”.

        I agree with the sentiment, but you’re right, it’s not cool to use “trans” for that purpose. Thanks for poking me to more carefully consider how the word was used here.

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          Let me be clear: I am not insulting Jd Vance (I will later) when I question if he’s trans.

          I will call him “he” and respect his pronouns

          I just actually believe he’s a trans man or perhaps intersex.

          He can end all the speculation. Drop your pants, JD…