User talk:176.204.143.40

Setting the record straight, the reason I've determined your comments to not be appropriate for the wiki is the rhetoric employed. Importantly: regardless of your intent, plenty of words you have used are too similar to the rhetoric employed by transphobic commentors in an attempt to veil their arguments to make them sound legitimate.

• "Biological man/biological woman" is one of the terms that transphobes co-op to try to keep their beliefs appear to be scientific, grounded in fact, but is an gross oversimplification of the complex interplay between biology, psychological, and sociological construct in attempt to disparage gender identity (it is also not an inclusive term as it leaves out intersex people). Some trans people accept the term, but it is considered more respectful to use "assigned female at birth" and "assigned male at birth" as they are better descriptive terms while still maintaining the aspect of gender identity. It is unacceptable to call a female trans character "biologically male", and it's the prime offender of your comment.
• Using the terms "traditional viewpoint" to disguise transphobia but give a veneer of plausible deniability. Most transphobes generally do not say they are so; instead they rely on terms like "gender critical" and "gender realist" and the aforementioned "biological gender". This is similar to homophobes using the term "traditional marriage" to oppose same-sex marriage or sexists using "traditional gender roles" to discriminate against men and women.
• Your point that living in another country is an attempt to redirect allegations of transphobia to xenophobia/racism. It's otherwise largely irrelevant to the wider discussion. Adding that the lgbt+ discussion is an extension of "western politics", implying that concepts that people that are extremely personal and valuable to them are just political constructs, further reinforces the perception of your argument being bad faith.
• "woke or conservative"; the term "woke" in most internet discourse is largely relegated to a vague loaded term to disparage people's beliefs; most users of the term cannot define it themselves and it is not the opposite of "conservative". The proper spectrum is "left wing vs right wing" but even that is a gross oversimplification of political beliefs.

As another commentator, Pseudo pointed out, your comment's timing and context was also not in your favor, as your first edit is a long-winded comment questioning the gender identity of a video game character on the talk page where this debate has been brought up over and over and during a time where this discourse has been played out in social media.

Most of us are well aware of language being used here and I recommend that if you want to have your comments be perceived in better faith, you should understand why the rhetoric was problematic; a basic run through was provided here (I did not cover everything, but highlighted some offending examples). It also helps to read the room: read the previous comments in the discussion to see if your points have already been addressed. Please be more careful in the future, and take care. It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 21:07, May 29, 2024 (EDT)