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WCDT 2912 to 2916 (9-13 March 2015)

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Aziraphale:
cesariojpn, for as long as I've been on these boards -- not as long as a lot of people, certainly, but long enough -- you've had a bug up your ass over Claire, and all the more so since she and Marten got together. What is your issue, exactly? Despite all evidence to the contrary (in the comic, in comments and information from other forum members, and a shit-ton of information available out in the world at large), you keep insisting that there's something "off" about Claire, and that there must, by extension, be some deep Freudian thing going on with Marten for being able to befriend and subsequently fall for someone, rather than finding them somehow squicky.

So it bears asking: What is so inexplicable to you that someone could fall in love with a trans* person? Put differently, what is your major malfunction?

ReindeerFlotilla:

--- Quote from: cesariojpn on 09 Mar 2015, 17:51 ---I point to Clariten as a counter-argument to this. The strips we've been given concerning Clariten have been devoid of info of why Marten has gone from a string of failed relationships with Females to him going out with a Transgendered person. It's pretty much "I like you, let's go out." Okay, WHY?!?!?! Is he just sick and tired of being the whipping boy with females that he thinks maybe going non-traditional would be a better shot at happiness? Is it because his childhood with Veronica exposing him to alternative lifestyles kinda gave him a more open mind when it comes to such things? Or some other obtuse reason?   

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Why?

Why not.

Consider this:

1. A person who identifies as straight probably never thought about that in any detail. Society doesn't challenge straightness. If this person has had prior relationships, they are overwhelming likely to have had relationships with people who are biologically the opposite sex.

2. A person who identifies as straight can accept a transperson's gender without questioning it. I have never (no really) questioned a transperson's gender. The biggest issue I have, so far is one person who has been fairly random in they way the self refer so I'm not clear on whether this person is trans, CD, or gender queer. And I don't care, but it does lead to some pronoun mixing in my head which is a first for me.

3. SYLOGISM TIME!!!!!!!!! Should a person who meets conditions 1 and 2 enter a relationship with a transperson, that relationship overwhelmingly likely be after having a string of failed relationships with people who are biologically the opposite sex. (This bars the minority who have had a string of relationship that all ended in the death of their partner.)

It is, in fact, utterly unremarkable that Marten's first relationship with a transwoman follows a string of failed relationships with ciswomen. It's nearly tautological, akin to saying wet things are wet.

Gladstone:

--- Quote from: jwhouk on 09 Mar 2015, 18:36 ---EDIT: Poor Marten. This time, make like Ardent and RUN.

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Bad idea.  There's always a bigger fish.  Has George Lucas taught us nothing?

Is it cold in here?:
Global Moderator Comment There are many excellent reasons, scientific and humane both, to treat trans women as simply women. There are only bad reasons to do otherwise outside a doctor's examining room. In addition, there is a formal forum rule on the subject more specific than the general civility rule.

TheEvilDog:
Aaaaaaaand now he's caught.
Aaaaaaaand Tai might end up disappointed.
Aaaaaaaand for some reason, I keep writing Asssssss.

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