UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 20 days agoI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down145file-text
arrow-up1304arrow-down1imageI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square178fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 days agoNope, “y’all” is still not the problematic part
minus-squareipkpjersi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-217 days agoOkay, I’ll bite. How is y’all not the problematic part when it’s specifically referring to trans people in that case? That certainly seems problematic to me.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-217 days agoLiterally the entire rest of the sentence is the problematic part. “We don’t take kindly to you”, it doesn’t matter if they say “y’all”, “you all”, “you people”, “your kind”, take your pick, it’s not the problem with the sentence
Nope, “y’all” is still not the problematic part
Okay, I’ll bite. How is y’all not the problematic part when it’s specifically referring to trans people in that case?
That certainly seems problematic to me.
Literally the entire rest of the sentence is the problematic part. “We don’t take kindly to you”, it doesn’t matter if they say “y’all”, “you all”, “you people”, “your kind”, take your pick, it’s not the problem with the sentence