Twitter mogul Elon Musk bluntly announced that the social media platform considers terms such as “cisgender” and “cis” slurs and those who use them to bully others on Twitter will, at a minimum, receive a temporary suspension.
“Yesterday, after posting a Tweet saying that I reject the word ‘cis’ and don’t wish to be called it, I receive a slew of messages from trans activists calling me ‘cissy’ and telling me that I am ‘cis’ ‘whether or not I like it,'” commentator and co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists, James Esses, tweeted on Tuesday in response to purported attacks by “trans activists.”
The tweet caught the attention of Musk, who responded on Wednesday, “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.”
Many praised Musk for the move while others called his action “extreme.” Leftists use the term “cisgender” to describe a person who identifies with the sex he or she was assigned at birth.
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.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023
It’s true. We had a poll on this.
Sample size was over 50k pic.twitter.com/11RGD5togn
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) June 21, 2023
Another user told Musk in response to Esses’ tweet, “Thank you! And for those who don’t know, here is some background on the origin of ‘cisgender,’ as coined by German sexologist Volkmar Sigusch.”
Musk responded, “Yup, the contemptible creep that manufactured the term ‘cis’ has serious problems. Ignore him.”
Yup, the contemptible creep that manufactured the term “cis” has serious problems. Ignore him.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023
Sigusch coined the term in 1991 in a book about transgenders and wrote, “If there are transsexuals, logically there must be cissexuals. One is not to be thought without the other at all. I have allowed myself to introduce the terms cissexualism, cissexuals, cisgender…”
Another user stated, “The people have spoken. They don’t like the term ‘cis’ by a large margin!”
Musk replied, “People overwhelmingly reject this obvious slur that bigots are trying to impose.”
People overwhelmingly reject this obvious slur that bigots are trying to impose
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023
The social media platform’s policy on hateful conduct does not specifically list terms that it considers slurs but it does condemn “tropes or other content that intends to degrade or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes.”
Others on Twitter chimed in on Musk’s pronouncement:
Agreed. No science behind it. The words are man and woman.
— Greg J. Marchand MD (@MarchandSurgery) June 21, 2023
The slur is a means to which to promote and propagate their ideology, by imposing their reality on the rest of us.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 21, 2023
It is a slur. A contemptuous word meant to demean people who are normal.
— Katy Savage (Official) (@AbsoluteKaty) June 21, 2023
Gender activists are among the most hateful and mean spirited people on the platform. I’m glad to see their rhetoric being called out. pic.twitter.com/f7EYrvBwY2
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) June 21, 2023
“Offer me money, offer me power, I don’t care. I will say what I want to say, even if it means losing money.” – Elon Musk
Elon standing up to the bigots who try to intimidate ‘cis’ people is commendable and important. The term ‘cis’, as it is used on Twitter, is almost… pic.twitter.com/Kp6hXy092C
— Misha Fitton (@MishaFitton) June 21, 2023
Yup. They can all pic.twitter.com/irDaZgXxOt
— Liberacrat™️ (@Liberacrat) June 21, 2023
I still have trust in the people to stop bigots. That is one of the reasons why I still have faith in humanity in our battle against the ‘Woke Mind Virus.’
As the term ‘cis’ became increasingly common on college campuses over the last decade, I found myself observing and… pic.twitter.com/VB8536mshq
— Misha Fitton (@MishaFitton) June 21, 2023
Imagine a society so perverse that it develops a slur for the normative. . . .
— Joshua Barnard (@JoshuaB42069) June 21, 2023
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