I am assuming everyone here is queer and trans unless otherwise stated explicitly in yr profile
@cpi Why would you? Trans and queer are statistical minorities.
@dgdas9 @cpi Because recentering discourse and applying normalization in different directions to see how language and culture changes as a result is one of the foundations of post-structural analysis, and a good way to ensure that folks don't get complacent with white hetero cis patriarchial normativity in a space where we have a chance for it not to be.
@literorrery @cpi I can see how it could prove an interesting social experiment; However, in a pragmatical view of the world, it is only foolish. It'd be better to not assume anything at all than to assume something that most likely isn't true.
@dgdas9 @cpi The thing is, nobody "assumes nothing," unless you start every online conversation with "How do you identify in these areas?" and continue to drill into the answers until you get responses that you believe answer them. Unless you're actively doing that, you're making _some_ kind of assumption.
@dgdas9 @cpi And the reason why "assuming nothing" looks like "assuming the status quo" is because every statement isn't merely a statement; it's a text and it comes complete with a _context_ in which that statement is made. Context is unavoidable, just like history is unavoidable. This was a conscious declaration of radical recontextualization away from the status quo, in contrast to everyone that implicitly recontextualizes people towards it.
@cpi @dgdas9 In fact, "assuming nothing" functions very much like "assume the sociopolitical status quo," which is precisely what is being actively avoided here, for precisely the reasons stated.