Tuesday, September 3, 2019

tues., 3 sept., 2019: in praise of ambiguities, or chiapas ondas anthropologias, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


[NOTE: these terms are weaponized language, & meant to give offense. Which is the whole & compleat point of insult & invective, obscenity & blasphemy, & other political speech.]
SPANISH/CHIAPAS, MEX. DIAL.:  Chuata.   

‡)  “Cross-dresser”  /  “Transvestite”  /  “Transsexual”  /  “Intersex”  — Purely  descriptive, w/ no value judgement intended,  so…

NOTE: Tread very carefully w/  this obscure idiom from one of the Chiapas indigenous dialects;  this term recognizes ambiguities of gender & gender identification,  &  with an etymology that suggests being of service,  or a servant,  to someone in the community,  or to the community itself.  Be so very careful using this term because it’s never indended as pejorative,  or intended to give offense,  & by using it to give offense,  by weaponizing a term never so intended,  you identify yourself to be the Ugliest of American interlopers, the arsehole.

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