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minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down6·1 month agoI don’t. I don’t like Musk at all, but this business of calling him a lady as an insult feels like we slipped back a few decades. It has a bad taste about it.
minus-squareHorseChandelier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down2·1 month agoI think “first lady” is referring to the absence of Meliana and omnipresence of Musk at Trump’s side rather than saying Musk is/identifies as female. Still, as you say, an unwise choice of words because the phrase can be taken a couple of/a few ways.
minus-squareskulblakalinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoHe intentionally misgenders his own children so honestly I’m not that torn up about it. There’s nothing wrong with being a woman, it’s only an insult if Musk thinks it is. We’re allowing him to torture himself with it.
I don’t. I don’t like Musk at all, but this business of calling him a lady as an insult feels like we slipped back a few decades. It has a bad taste about it.
I think “first lady” is referring to the absence of Meliana and omnipresence of Musk at Trump’s side rather than saying Musk is/identifies as female.
Still, as you say, an unwise choice of words because the phrase can be taken a couple of/a few ways.
He intentionally misgenders his own children so honestly I’m not that torn up about it.
There’s nothing wrong with being a woman, it’s only an insult if Musk thinks it is. We’re allowing him to torture himself with it.