Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
Pick Your
Battles
Get Ur Rest
Look for Joy
We have
A Big Fight
Ahead
You still
have time to
to send some
money DU`s
way. Support
the summer
fund drive!

I have
DU friends
everywhere.



Rebellions
are built
on HOPE




DU
keeps
HOPE
alive


Thank you

EarlG

Check out
all the stickies
on Grovelbot's
Big Board!

BWdem4life

(2,650 posts)
Wed Jun 21, 2023, 03:08 PM Jun 2023

Seems like Elon supporters have been doing some creative wikipedia editing...

Elon just banned the words "cis" and "cisgender" from Twitter saying they are derogatory...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218025669

I googled the word and found this:



Followed the link to wikipedia and saw no mention of the bolded words. Interesting that a google search would give this result.



Edit:

Things happen very quickly, I see. Just googled it again (less than 15 mins later) and the definition has already changed:



So, the moral of the story I guess is don't look to wikipedia to define words...

2 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Seems like Elon supporters have been doing some creative wikipedia editing... (Original Post) BWdem4life Jun 2023 OP
The CIS arent alright vercetti2021 Jun 2023 #1
They think Cis is a slur because... LostOne4Ever Jun 2023 #2

LostOne4Ever

(9,693 posts)
2. They think Cis is a slur because...
Wed Jun 21, 2023, 06:41 PM
Jun 2023

… they use trans as a slur.

And they also know nothing of Mathematics, chemistry, or Greek/Latin Etymology.

Latest Discussions»Alliance Forums»LGBT»Seems like Elon supporter...