Elon Musk says terms like “cisgender”and “cis” are now considered “slurs” on Twitter and will not be tolerated.
Thoughts?
EDIT: Elon never said that you can't say the word. He said that repeated harassment would be banned. The only thing he said about the word cis is that it was considered a slur. You can still say many slurs on Twitter (such as the N word)
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both are females, neither gets the “title” which is why we need the distinction
She thinks that actual females should get priority over trans females, since they’re the majority. Also they are definitely different
still both females?? again, why we need the distinction??
i do acknowledge they have differences, but they are still women
The distinction is key in conversations about it in context. Like I said, she thinks that biological females should get the “female” title as they are the majority, whilst the minority group should be “transgender females”
Oh no you can still challenge that viewpoint, I’m just saying her perspective, as a biological female and identifies as one, on why she finds “cis” quite offensive as she wants to be identified as a female, not a “cis female”
Ok so I just talked to her to confirm her opinion on this. She said “I am fine with transgender females being under the term female, however if an extra label needs to be added it should be for them, not me” I think that’s a fair viewpoint.
this doesn;t make sense though? if you’re okay with them being under the term female, than how do you refer to someone who is not a trans female. If she thinks trans female are female, then would she not want to be referred to as female (a sometimes-ambiguous term) when something concerns cis females?
yes, but to distuinguish “cis females” should be “females” to her and trans females should be “trans females”
if you say [this and this and that] applies to females when it only applies to cis females, isn’t that confusing? anyway, nobody is saying you call women cis females all the time, only when it’s relevant to create distinction. 
but to create distinction she thinks it should be female and then trans females should be “transgender females” I don’t understand why this isn’t a hard concept to get