you’ve no doubt heard of godwin’s law, which states:
“As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.”.
i propose a new law which states:
“As a trans-related online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving men in dresses approaches one.”
i call it “nexy’s law”, and i will promptly exit said online discussion immediately, according to the first corollary of nexy’s law, which states:
“once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the men in dresses has automatically “lost” whatever debate was in progress.”
i’ll add that as both a jew and a transwoman, i am uniquely qualified to coin nexy’s law.
Brilliant. I look forward to using this as a reference.
Comment by David — January 26, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
Nuh-huh. It’s not the same, no matter who utters it.
There’s “Hahaha!! You are a man in a dress!!” (Cartman)
Then, there’s “No, Douchebag, you’re the man in a dress!” (Kyle)
And then there’s “Aren’t we all men in a dress?” (Stan, with violins)
There’s a world of difference, between each and the people who use each.
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There are people who have lived the lives of men. There is no magic that will convert these people into women. They do look like men in dresses.
You can exit. But they are still men in dresses.
Comment by Rose — January 31, 2008 @ 12:39 pm
to me, it’s not a matter of whether or not the persons in question are men in dresses. it’s using the phrase as an insult, meant to be the ultimate in insults. just like comparing any person or group to hilter or nazis is meant to be the ultimate insult, in the context of godwin’s law.
i believe we each can come to our own judgments and conclusions, about virtually anything in the world. and our judgments and conclusions are valid when we arrive at them honestly. i believe using insults in a discussion, however, weakens the insulter’s position, and will always provide reason to question the insulter’s motives. a legitimate position in a discussion should never require insults in the articulation of that position.
Comment by nexy — January 31, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
Quite a few transpeople ARE men in dresses (sometimes). *Waits to see how long it takes for folk to figure that one out*.
Comment by Felix — February 3, 2008 @ 4:04 am
Felix, I see what you did there.
Nexy, this is great and perfect and true. I could kiss your late-transitioning-yet-not-a-man-in-any-kind-of-clothes lips for saying it.
Sympathies about that Rose person though. She’s like a bad penny with an infinite roll of names.
Comment by Lisa Harney — February 5, 2008 @ 6:01 pm
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