{"id":1953157,"date":"2023-06-21T14:56:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-declares-popular-insults-hurled-by-the-left-are-now-labeled-slurs-on-twitter\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:58:09","slug":"elon-musk-declares-popular-insults-hurled-by-the-left-are-now-labeled-slurs-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-declares-popular-insults-hurled-by-the-left-are-now-labeled-slurs-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk labels left&#8217;s popular insults as &#8216;slurs&#8217; on Twitter."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-declares-popular-insults-hurled-by-the-left-are-now-labeled-slurs-on-twitter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1953157&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Elon Musk Declares &#8220;Cis&#8221; and &#8220;Cisgender&#8221; as Slurs on Twitter<\/h2>\n<p>Elon Musk made a bold statement on Wednesday morning, declaring that the words &#8220;cis&#8221; and &#8220;cisgender&#8221; will now be considered slurs on Twitter. This announcement came in response to backlash received by James Esses, co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists, after he rejected the word &#8220;cis&#8221; in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, the owner of Twitter, stated that these terms are considered slurs on the platform, but did not specify the consequences for using them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions.<\/p>\n<p>The words &#8220;cis&#8221; or &#8220;cisgender&#8221; are considered slurs on this platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1671370284102819841?\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk later clarified that accounts engaging in repeated, targeted harassment will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-declares-popular-insults-hurled-by-the-left-are-now-labeled-slurs-on-twitter\/\" title=\"Elon Musk labels left's popular insults as 'slurs' on Twitter.\">face temporary suspensions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">Yes<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1671537504351133697?\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The term &#8220;cisgender&#8221; refers to a person whose gender identity aligns with the sex they were assigned at birth, according to Merriam-Webster.com.<\/p>\n<h3>Is &#8220;Cisgender&#8221; a Slur?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Is &#8220;cisgender&#8221; a slur?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>No<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at any time. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 83%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 83% (39 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 17%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 17% (8 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The term &#8220;cis&#8221; is a shortened version of &#8220;cisgender.&#8221; Unfortunately, both terms have been used derogatorily by some LGBT activists on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ORBRUhA5H\">pic.twitter.com\/7ORBRUhA5H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 elle   (Better Then Project) (@lisbetterthen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisbetterthen\/status\/1669139208173150208?\">June 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk has faced controversy regarding speech and gender on his platform before. Jeremy Boreing, co-founder of The Daily Wire, claimed that Twitter canceled a deal to premiere their documentary &#8220;What Is a Woman?&#8221; due to instances of misgendering. This sparked backlash from conservatives, and Musk later admitted it was a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter has not responded to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighs-in-on-deadly-subway-clash-after-desantis-calls-marine-a-good-samaritan\/\" title=\"Trump Weighs In on Deadly Subway Clash After DeSantis Calls Marine a 'Good Samaritan'\">nonpartisan newswire service<\/a>, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&#8217;s byline, and their DCNF affiliation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-declares-popular-insults-hurled-left-now-labeled-slurs-twitter\/\">Elon Musk Declares Popular Insults Hurled by the Left Are Now Labeled &#8216;Slurs&#8217; on Twitter<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>are now classified as slurs on Twitter, according to Elon Musk. This decision came after James Esses, co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists, faced criticism from transgender activists for rejecting the term &#8220;cis&#8221; in a tweet. Musk, the owner of Twitter, made it clear that these words will no longer be tolerated on the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2146,"featured_media":1953158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4249,15995,8505,4084,4250,7808,12083,4253],"class_list":["post-1953157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elon","tag-insults","tag-labels","tag-lefts","tag-musk","tag-popular","tag-slurs","tag-twitter"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1953157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1953158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1953157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1953157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1953157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}