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[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 118 points 1 year ago

How can you be a man yet be a feminist?

I’m a man… and a feminist.

[-] AreaKode@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago

"A person who supports the equality of women with men." Yup. So am I.

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Feminism is a spectrum of beliefs. Look at J.K. Rowling - the F in TERF stands for Feminist. There are plenty of feminists I disagree with.

But I just don't believe Xandan's claims of activism. Murdering two people, permanently injuring another, and injuring a fourth doesn't imply much care for your fellow humans. Xandan comes off as self-centered, only out for himself.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

It takes it to a whole new level when you say something like that to a trans man. It take the whole phobia of equality and imbues it with transphobia.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah it’s a lot in one bag.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 40 points 1 year ago

Texas prison system is barbaric.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

~~Texas prison system~~ American incarceration industrial complex

Ftfy

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

We would also have accepted "Texas' system is barbaric"

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

So it's like a two cheeks Venn diagram of barbarism.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but Texas is even worse. And Alabama? Whoa.

[-] classic@fedia.io 18 points 1 year ago

Okay maybe it's because it's late, but what is this four letter word for feminism?

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

“Four letter word” is a nice way of saying a curse word (think shit, fuck, etc). So by calling feminism a four letter word, the author is saying that the prison considers feminism a dirty word, basically.

[-] classic@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you! That was indeed my tired brain at work. The moment I read your response it went "Duh. Of course"

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[-] Shou@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

That guy has the world against him and he still stands up for a minority he isn't part of. The world needs more people like him.

[-] CTDummy@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Go ask the young daughter of the man he murdered or the person who’ll never see again because of him if they agree.

[-] Shou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oof. Didn't know he was a murderer. Fuck that guy.

[-] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[-] acetanilide@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well that cop's remarks took me back a few decades

[-] CTDummy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah as much as I dislike the individual mentioned the news article has an overwhelming Texas flavour to it. I can almost bet the writer or officers statement to the writer lead to the “pair of lesbians” assumption.

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[-] Shou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ight, nevermind. Fuck that guy.

[-] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

A trans man would be far safer in a womens prison. He would get violently raped in a mens prison.

[-] acetanilide@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I read it but I am confused as to the point of the article. I mean I can guess the point but it just feels incomplete.

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