FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoEverybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problemmessage-squaremessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up1730arrow-down148
arrow-up1682arrow-down1message-squareEverybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problemFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square122linkfedilink
minus-squaremiss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down1·3 months agoJD Vance isn’t a real name, and that’s cool. Apparently.
minus-squareEat_a_bag_of@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoIs that the Canadian born guy?
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoHey, you leave us out of it. You touched him last; he’s yours now.
minus-squareklemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoNot to defend Ted Cruz, but I have a friend named Ted, short for Edward. It’s not unheard of.
minus-squareJarix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoShake my head, or so much hate? I recently learned a new definition for SMH and now I don’t know if I’m reading it correctly
minus-squarerailway692@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoJD Vance sounds like one of those kids that jumps out of tall grass to challenge you to a Pokémon battle.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoHis name is James Donald Bowman, and I will deadname him every chance I get.
JD Vance isn’t a real name, and that’s cool. Apparently.
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Rafael Edward Cruz, you mean?
Is that the Canadian born guy?
Hey, you leave us out of it. You touched him last; he’s yours now.
Not to defend Ted Cruz, but I have a friend named Ted, short for Edward. It’s not unheard of.
Ted Kennedy as well
Shake my head, or so much hate?
I recently learned a new definition for SMH and now I don’t know if I’m reading it correctly
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JD Vance sounds like one of those kids that jumps out of tall grass to challenge you to a Pokémon battle.
His name is James Donald Bowman, and I will deadname him every chance I get.