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If Bob Smith invented a new device and then became a doctor, would you say Dr. Bob Smith invented the device or just Bob Smith invented it? It is correct to use current terms to refer to what a person did. People don't care what a person used to be called. They just want to know who invented the device.

Yes, her name-change applies retroactively, so when you talk about something that she has done, you may say that she did that

I learned to stop working off that strict either-or dichotomy when I met my first girlfriend. She was the crunchy blissed out (read: permanently stoned) type who was all about PLUR, good vibes, and hemp jewlery. At least until you brought up abortion, immigration, or any other conservative boogeyman. Then she was Pat Buchanan with a redheaded wig and a copy of Billy Breathes.

Reminds me of the "Jew for Hitler" folk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National_Jews

Ffs turns out there were two similar groups https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Vanguard

It's like saying you can't make fun of JD Vance for being a couch fucker. Oh wait, you can.

Okay, I grew up in Oklahoma, so I think I can explain what's happening here.

To start with, there has been a conservative faction that's outlined seven key areas of control they need to capture to turn America into a theocracy. They came up with the plan before I was born, and it's cut from the same cloth as Project 2025.

One of those areas is education, and they've done a fantastic job of butchering the education system in large swathes of America, leading to what you've described. Where I grew up, education wasn't about thinking, it was about memorizing facts so you could pass tests. Everything got boiled down to a yes/no, and questions were met with "because I said so" at best. At worst, you can get sent to the principal's office for asking too many questions because it's "disruptive".

As an example, in elementary school, I asked what happened if I tried to subtract a big number from a small number. The teacher scoffed and told me that you can't have less than zero, which caused the class to make fun of me for asking a stupid question.

So yeah, they probably don't actually understand why they're not supposed to hit people, they just know they can't because the authority figure says no.

The thing is that I tend to believe you can in fact joke about anything, including being transgender.

What they usually fail to get is that being a raging transphobic asshole and covering it up saying "it's a joke" is a very different thing.

Thought you were talking about Kristi Noem for a minute and making fun of maga face.

Well which rule you talking about here? Because the post is more saying you can mock her to high heaven for the things she's done and the horrible piece of shit that she is but mocking her for being trans is what's a no no. At that point you're firing stray bullets at people who are just existing. Probably won't make her feel bad because she's insulated to high hell but will make the trans people who see that behavior feel fucking horrible.

Can mock her for being a cunt all you want, just can't mock her for being trans because she did nothing wrong by coming out to herself and the world. She did do a whole lot wrong by constantly supporting republicans, saying she was against gay marriage to Ellen's face (A cunt in her own right but that's a whole other story), and turning someone into roadkill without seemingly a second thought.

Only way I'm using the word trans against her in an insulting tone is the fact that despite her being trans her support of the community is utterly transparent. Fuck her and the horse she rode in on that I assume trampled someone in the process.