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I really don't like close minded people. Yo! Sup everyone I guess. I'm not really good when it comes to these kinds of things so I'll try to keep this pretty quick. So I came over this community discussion about a person trying to create a group on WhatsApp with native speaking Spanish, French, Arabic and English people to learn one of the languages. "Group only for girls". So then I saw a male say "What's your whatsapp??" and then the discussion creator kinda rudely say "Sorry Sir.. the group is only for girls :)". The reply really pissed me off. I later try to explain to her that there is a thing called Transgender/Transexual. (NOTE I didn't tell her that he was trans or anything I just told her that there are people that do identify themselves as the opposite gender) I was nice and told her that there are men and female in this community that is Transgender and/or Transexual and that they should be allowed them to join the group if they feel like they are a female. And she really didn't like that fact. I would've been fine if she would reply to me and tell me or the post why she didn't want anyone trans but for her to just leave a thumbs down to then later ignore everything I've said? That's plain out disrespectful. That's why I hate close minded people. Most of them are just plain out almost homophobic and they want to learn about the culture and language of another country which is pretty open minded compared to them. This is just one out of many close minded people I've meet. But to find a such close minded`, almost homophobic, person on a website about culture, languages and becoming friends with foreigner? To be fair I didn't expect much from someone who lives in a county where it's illegal to marry someone of the same sex. Tell me what you think of this. Am I over reacting? Or do you also dislike the fact that she was passively close minded/homophobic? Leave a comment and tell me what you think of this story. Hopefully my next entry will be either Swedish or Japanses since I really want to get better Japanese PS: Sorry if it's a bit weird. I'm kinda tired after not sleeping for 25h+
Aug 3, 2015 2:24 PM
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A note: I think this post will probably be deleted in a few days so copy everything and maybe you can post it as an exercise in the future (in short parts), in an educative and calm tone, so people can read it on your profile and maybe learn something.
August 3, 2015
You talk about me :3 I don't understand why you disturbed to such a degree .. I am a Muslim girl and this my principles
August 3, 2015
@Peg If it's too long, don't read it, and don't be a jerk. @Philip I didn't understand if you want to join as as a transgender male or transgender woman. If you mean as a transgender woman, I would give her a chance to formally reject your direct request to join the group, so that you can at least get them to declare it a women-born-women group (which is in their right, althought it excludes you). Remember that these people can be ignorant about the problems the LGBT community has, and in a way they can see your profile and think you are just a cisguy angry for being excluded, so they might not necessarily be TERFS, just very uninformed. I think a good way to overcome this would be to make your own LGBT friendly group for CIS women, gay women, transexual women.
August 3, 2015
Yea I can agree Rachel. But as a transgender and transexual myself I was at first glance like "Yea sure I can give this a try" but then how she disregarded everything I said and said that "males just wants something more" that's when I didn't want to have ANYTHING to do with her. I didn't ask to join I was first making clear that there were people that are Trans and then looking how she responded. If she would've been chill I would've asked to join. Now we got to know that in her eyes ALL males are males and most of them are after more then learning a language only because she is from a country where women has less privileges
August 3, 2015
She continues to say "You are not entitled to talk about any one in this way I tink that he doesn't read well what I wrote :) ... I said the group is only for girls because there are some males the learning isn't main concern but other things.." 1) She says I have no right to talk about this. When me myself and Transgender and Transexual and I'm just standing up for the people who are like me. 2) She then insults me by saying that I don't read well. Why? Well to be fair IDK I'm not the one saying writing "tink" and have grammar of a 5th grader that comes from north korea and sleeps during all English classes.(SORRY FOR BEING SO RASIST D; ) (A lot of mistakes went in to this notebook since I'm on my 25h+ awake so yea) 3) "are some males the learning isn't main concern but other things.." And last but not least she is trying to say that males are somehow after more then just learning a language on a language learning site... But to be fair she asked for a girls only group BUT in the end she still disregarded everything I said to her
August 3, 2015
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