Male ID butch vs. FTM??

EnderD_503 · 09-04-2010, 01:25 PM

The term "versus" has more than one usage, as its definition should suggest. While it is often used to denote conflict or opposition, that definition does not encompass its entire meaning. It is also a term frequently used to compare one thing to another, not for the sake of opposition, but for the sake of comparison. It is not, by definition, a word that implies conflict.

Sometimes I can't help but wonder if folks just enjoy being polemic for the sake of it. In the case of this thread, in my view it should have been blatantly obvious from the start that it was not meant to mean male id'd butch in conflict with FTM, but the characteristics of male id'd butch compared with FTM. I think that was made pretty obvious in the OP. Bringing the issue of the term's misuse in another thread into this one simply because the same term is used, does not mean the same issue of misuse occurred here. That's taking the term entirely out of its context. According to this thread's context, the term was applied correctly.

I think the title of this thread is perfectly fitting for what the OP was trying to find out.

09-04-2010, 01:25 PM	#11
EnderD_503 Member How Do You Identify?: Queer, trans guy, butch Preferred Pronoun?: Male pronouns Relationship Status: Relationship Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 1,329 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,090 Thanked 3,879 Times in 1,022 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	The term "versus" has more than one usage, as its definition should suggest. While it is often used to denote conflict or opposition, that definition does not encompass its entire meaning. It is also a term frequently used to compare one thing to another, not for the sake of opposition, but for the sake of comparison. It is not, by definition, a word that implies conflict. Sometimes I can't help but wonder if folks just enjoy being polemic for the sake of it. In the case of this thread, in my view it should have been blatantly obvious from the start that it was not meant to mean male id'd butch in conflict with FTM, but the characteristics of male id'd butch compared with FTM. I think that was made pretty obvious in the OP. Bringing the issue of the term's misuse in another thread into this one simply because the same term is used, does not mean the same issue of misuse occurred here. That's taking the term entirely out of its context. According to this thread's context, the term was applied correctly. I think the title of this thread is perfectly fitting for what the OP was trying to find out.