Elon Musk's Cisgender Slur Remarks Torn Apart by Lawyer
Twitter is not based on fact or reality, according to a discrimination lawyer.Musk weighed in on the trans debate on the social media platform that he owns, and shocked many by coming down hard on anyone who uses the term.
Attorney Andrew Lieb has told Newsweek Musk is "trying to jump into a cultural war and create controversy" in order to help Twitter as a business.Cis and cisgender are terms used to refer to people who identify with the gender assigned to them at birth, as opposed to trans and transgender people whose gender does not correspond to that which they were assigned at birth.Many prominent conservative commentators have applauded Musk for his new stance on social media, and Harry Potter author J.K.
Rowling has agreed, stating she holds the right to "refuse to adopt your jargon."Late on Tuesday, Musk replied to political commentator James Esses who was complaining about being called "cissy" and "cis" by trans activists."Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions," Musk said to Esses in response. "The words 'cis' or 'cisgender' are considered slurs on this platform."Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions.
The words “cis” or “cisgender” are considered slurs on this platform.Later on Wednesday, he then agreed with author-turned-controversial figure Rowling who shared her thoughts. "'Cis' is ideological language, signifying belief in the unfalsifiable concept of gender identity.
