Norm Macdonald explains what 'cisgender' is to confused guest



The legendary comedian Norm Macdonald passed away almost two years ago, but his humor lives on. Considering the bottomless supply of leftist nonsense that Norm wove into his jokes, it will likely live on forever.

In an old clip from his show, "Norm Macdonald Live," Norm explains what a "cis male" is to a fellow comedian.

“You know that you are a cis male; have you ever heard of that term?” Norm, wearing his classic "Sports" hat, asks his guest.

His guest, confused, repeats the term, “Cis male?”

“What it means is that you are a man. You’re born a man,” Norm explains.

"And you identify yourself as a man,” he continues. “That’s a cis male.”

“Now, I don’t understand,” his guest, still confused, says. “Is this a new phrase?”

Norm, in his famous deadpan brand of humor, answers, “Yes, it’s a way of marginalizing a normal person. Another person’s a trans, so you’re equal,” he continues calmly. “She’s a man that thinks she’s a woman. You’re a man that thinks you’re a man.”

“It’s all fluid,” his guest responds.

“Yes, everyone is self-identifying,” Norm says.

Dave Rubin, a comedian himself, is a fan of Norm’s joke.

“Guys, the point is — it’s all ridiculous. We can use their language, we can try to just respond to them. Or, what do I always say, we can build new things, we can fight back effectively, we can separate from them, we can elect better politicians.”

“At the end of the day,” Rubin continues, “it’s all us.”


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Cori Bush says labeling 'cisgender' a slur marks 'a blatant attempt to erase trans identities'



After Elon Musk declared that the term "cisgender" and the accompanying abbreviation "cis" are counted as slurs on Twitter, Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri pushed back, asserting that the term is not a slur.

"'Cisgender' is not a slur. It is a term used used in scientific, legal, medical, and everyday contexts. The attempt to make 'cis' a slur is a blatant attempt to erase trans identities from a supposed 'free speech absolutist.' Trans people exist. Cis people exist," tweeted Bush, a left-wing lawmaker who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021.

Musk had indicated that there will be consequences for tweets that use the term.

"Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions. The words 'cis' or 'cisgender' are considered slurs on this platform," Musk noted. He also stated that those who use the term "won't get suspended unless they do an egregious coordinated attack, but their post will see much less reach, as it will not be recommended to others."

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When someone asked Musk whether the term is a slur if people self-identify as cisgender, Musk replied, "Call yourself anything you want."

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has also weighed in on the use of the term.

"'Cis' is ideological language, signifying belief in the unfalsifiable concept of gender identity. You have a perfect right to believe in unprovable essences that may or may not match the sexed body, but the rest of us have a right to disagree, and to refuse to adopt your jargon," Rowling tweeted.

"Exactly," Musk replied.

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JK Rowling weighs in on the term 'cis,' calling it 'ideological language'



Proponents of radical leftist gender ideology use the term "cisgender" to refer to people who identify with their biological sex, but author J.K. Rowling of "Harry Potter" fame has noted that people have the right to decline to use such language.

"'Cis' is ideological language, signifying belief in the unfalsifiable concept of gender identity. You have a perfect right to believe in unprovable essences that may or may not match the sexed body, but the rest of us have a right to disagree, and to refuse to adopt your jargon," Rowling tweeted.

"Exactly," Twitter owner Elon Musk replied.

Exactly
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023

Musk has declared that the terms "cisgender" and the abbreviation "cis" count as "slurs" on Twitter.

"Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions. The words 'cis' or 'cisgender' are considered slurs on this platform," Musk has tweeted.

Musk made the comment in response to James Esses, who had noted that "after posting a Tweet saying that I reject the word 'cis' and don’t wish to be called it, I receive a slew of messages from trans activists calling me 'cissy' and telling me that I am 'cis' 'whether or not I like it'." Esses then added, "Just imagine if the roles were reversed."

After Musk replied by saying that the term is a slur, Esses praised him.

"Thank you for standing up for reality, Elon," Esses tweeted.

"To those who have asked - this is not restricting free speech. I did not request, nor did Elon agree, to suspend accounts for using the term 'cis'. He is talking about 'repeated, targeted harassment'. What this does is restore parity and common sense," Esses also tweeted.

"Yes," Musk wrote, expressing his agreement with Esses' comments.

When someone asked Musk whether "cis" represents a slur when someone self-identifies with the term, Musk responded, "Call yourself anything you want."

Call yourself anything you want
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023

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Elon Musk deems LGBT activists' terms 'cisgender' and 'cis' to be slurs on Twitter



Elon Musk has taken another consequential stand against gender ideology and its exponents, this time prohibiting the abusive and repeated use of the neologisms "cis" and "cisgender" on Twitter.

The move was spurred by an apparent LGBT activist harassment campaign targeting a gender ideology critic.

James Esses is the co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists, a U.K.-based advocacy group of counselors, clinical psychologists, and psychotherapists "with a shared concern about the impact of gender identity ideology on children and young people."

Esses tweeted Monday, "I formally and publicly declare that I reject the label of 'cis'. I don’t believe in gender ideology. I don’t self-identify as 'cis'. Using this term makes me feel unsafe and is demonstrative of your hatred towards me. Anyone who uses the term 'cis' to describe me is a bigot."

LGBT activists took the bait, barraging Esse with messages calling him "cis," a "cissy," and accusing him of having a "cissyfit."

Esses eventually responded, noting he had received a "slew of messages from trans activists calling me 'cissy' and telling me that I am 'cis' 'whether or not I like it,'" adding, "Just imagine if the roles were reversed."

Early Wednesday morning, Musk laid down the law, writing, "Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions. The words 'cis' or 'cisgender' are considered slurs on this platform."

\u201c@JamesEsses Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions. \n\nThe words \u201ccis\u201d or \u201ccisgender\u201d are considered slurs on this platform.\u201d
— James Esses (@James Esses) 1687246802

Musk's prohibition on the abusive use of the term on Twitter was widely celebrated. His post had received over 147,000 likes at the time of publication.

Esses thanked Musk for "standing up for reality."

Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, tweeted, "Transgender extremism, being totalitarian, depends on the abuse of language and meaning."

A May 3 Twitter poll of over 52,000 users found that 78.2% of respondents agreed "cis" was a slur."

\u201cIs \u201ccis\u201d a slur?\u201d
— The Rabbit Hole (@The Rabbit Hole) 1683154564

While McGill University's Office for Science and Society noted that the prefix "cis" has long been used in the sciences to mean "on this side" whereas "trans" has been used to mean "on the other side of, "cisgender" is a specific ideology-advancing term that presumes the possibility of a severance of gender and sex.

The LGBT activist publication Advocate reported that the term further serves to imply that straightness is not the default and that "being trans" is not abnormal.

The Oxford English Dictionary added the word "cisgender" to its listing in 2015.

Concerning the inclusion of the term, the OED stated, "Since 1994 ... when the word cisgendered was used by an American academic appealing for help with a study of transgender issues, cis– has taken on a new lease of life in a group of words which provide a direct equivalent to identity terms such as transgender and transsexual when referring to people who are not trans, i.e., those whose sense of their own personal identity corresponds to their birth sex."

Merriam-Webster followed suit in 2016, adding "cisgender" along with the term "genderqueer," defining the former thusly: "of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth."

Genevieve Gluck, co-founder of the feminist publication Reduxx, indicated the terms "cisgender" and "cissexual" were first used by German "pedosexual" apologist Volkmar Siguschin in a 1991 publication titled "Transsexuals and our Nosomorphic View."

"Speaking of cissexuals. If there are transsexuals, logically there must be cissexuals. One is not to be thought without the other at all. I have allowed myself to introduce the terms cissexualism, cissexuals, cisgender etc.," Sigusch wrote, according to Gluck.

Gluck further noted that "Dagmar Herzog, author of Sex after Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany, Volkmar Sigusch and his colleague Gunter Schmidt, with whom he published research on child sexuality in the 70's, also argued that exposing children to pornography – a well-known grooming tactic of pedophiles – was completely harmless."

In reply to Gluck's backgrounder on the pedophile apologist behind the term "cisgender," Musk wrote, "Yup, the contemptible creep that manufactured the term 'cis' has serious problems. Ignore him."

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