Question are the words "shemale" & " tranny "...slurs?

[iagodelgado]

Bollocks.

Does your phone auto-correct from hurtful manner to hurtful manor. As well as changing the weather?

Give me a break.

Please read Christian's reply. Summary. He's got bills to pay.

How about you?

[iagodelgado]

i think he is saying that because steven & eva cassini already posted threads about this exact same topic.

yup!

[SmithXXX]

I've read both of their post. Neither one answers the question. "What makes the words "Shemale" & "Tranny" SLURS?

I agree with Christian as far when I'm on shoots. As he and I are both "Tranny Chasers" in accordance to our respective DVDs. As you know Tranny Chaser is considered a rude or hatefull term by some people. Do we care, No.

As for the "Give me a break" comment. If your going to correct someone's spelling. (If you even own a smart phone. The auto correct screw ups do happen). Be sure you don't look like an ass doing it. So don't get all butt hurt when I correct you.

[KellyKlaymour]

Do I like being called a "White Cis-male"... No I don't. I actually find it offensive.

Can you elaborate on this? I don't understand where your offense is being taken? Is it the white v. caucasian thing?

If it's not...isn't what people tripping over being about "made-up" terms? Rather than being P.C. about what kind of person they embody?

[Jamie French]

Why can't we just let idiots whistle in the dark?

Everyone stop acknowledging other people's pet peeves for the love of Pete. Ain't we got shit to do...?

[GroobySteven]

I actually deleted about 15 people off my Twitter feed yesterday including Chelsea Poe ... and today, my world is a better place. As Jamie states, let them whistle in the dark. They're trolling for reactions.

Everything I have to say on the matter is here : http://grooby.com/groobysteven/

As far to whether the word is a slur or not, if enough people in the group it was aimed at, decided that it was a slur, or if it was given in the manner of being derogatory by enough people, then I'd say that would be enough.

[Jamie French]

To all the correct people: The absolute most degrading thing you can do to someone is flat out ignore them. If you don't respond to idiots they seethe with anger so hard that they develop headaches, might even develop aneurysms. Isn't that the kind of world you'd rather live in? One where you don't have to argue with wrong people... they're just super frustrated and hurt and maybe potentially die? You waste fewer moments of your life and someone awful goes away. It's a win/win.

[Ts RedVeX]

I usually don't care if someone uses words like: shit, fuck, knobhead, nigger, whore, etc but in some circumstances, they are higly inappropriate. - Don't you think, Smith? I doubt it is necessary to explain why people may get offended when others use those words. Same story with tranny and shemale. I always say that there should be at least a blury border between people's professional and private spheres. Otherwise things get confused with other things. That confusion, along with other issues like: e.g. the need for feeling important, implies intolerance and extreme attitudes towards others, who have also lost their balance but swinged in the opposite direction - in these case, people who will hurt you for calling them shemale or tranny.