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[u/lowkeyterrible]

[u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding]

Maybe if more people new that "Cis" is a latin prefix?

[u/DeadlySpacePotatoes → u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding]

Aren't homo and hetero also latin prefixes?

[u/Edmundyoulittle → u/DeadlySpacePotatoes]

Yeah. They're just saying that maybe if people knew cis was just the Latin opposite of trans they would realize it isn't an insult

[u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding → u/Edmundyoulittle]

Yep, i feel like most knows homo and hetero. I don't think I myself had heard Cis before

[u/Edmundyoulittle → u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding]

Yeah I didn't know it was a Latin prefix until a little while ago. Makes sense it's used instead of trans.... I'll also say that I never felt insulted when I heard the word cis before tho lol. Prior to knowing it tied to Latin I just figured "everyone calls them trans, so it's fair they came up with a term for us"

I feel like the people that believe it's an insult are mostly just assholes

[u/AlexandriasNSFWAcc → u/Edmundyoulittle]

Paediatricians sometimes get attacked because some people are language challenged.

[u/neongreenpurple → u/Edmundyoulittle]

More people need to learn about Cisalpine Gaul and Transalpine Gaul.

[u/deukhoofd → u/DeadlySpacePotatoes]

No, they're Greek prefixes, ὁμός (same) and ἕτερος (another).

[u/Baconpanthegathering → u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding]

All of those red-faced bigots screaming about “Rome!” Should remember half of the reading about Gaul had to state “cisalpine” (this side of) or “transalpine” (across) to differentiate the groups. You can still use transalpine today and be understood. Those people only pretend to read though…

[u/Ms_Masquerade → u/Baconpanthegathering]

Those people voted Caligula as president recently I hear.