Oh, no, I totally understand. I probably could've worded that more clearly.

But hey, the fact that public awareness of trans people is increasingly (pretty rapidly) is definitely a start at least.

An Atlanta trans person was just recently denied access to a restaurant/bar simply because she's trans, for the record.

(And I'm a metro-Atlanta resident, so I've been keeping track of the case.)

Admittedly, violence against trans people isn't as bad in the U.S. as it is in other places, like Central/South America.…

"again, you have the right to be offended, you don't have the right to not be offended. there are ZERO consequences to freedom of speech"

That's just not true. I pointed out multiple examples where that's not true. If my boss fires me because I call him an asshole, what do you call that aside from "consequences"?

Nope, I meant what I said, which is ""shemale" is a term on par with "faggot" and a bunch of racial slurs."

I didn't say "a bunch of other racial slurs". I was not claiming that the words I mentioned were racial slurs. I merely said they're equivalent.

"Also, I think you're mingling too much into the group of people who are outraged by her and not looking at the bigger picture of gamers who don't really consider it a major issue other than it being simply a tad curious as people genuinely find her to be a sexy character, regardless of the official gender status."

You…

And that's well within your rights (though I admit, I'm finding it really hard to take the arguments seriously with "she-male" being thrown around.)

I don't think it's surprising that there are so few trans characters in games. Games as a rule tend to be pretty conservative (in the sense of "not taking risks", not in…

"Actually the mechanics of the game is that the enemies can beat you up just as much as you can to them. They're just not there as victims and you're implying that constantly. Cannon fodder status isn't the same thing as simple victim status."

I think that's a pretty drastic misreading of my actual point, but sure,…

"I think it's disingenuous for you to just say the 'consensus' is that she' is a negative portrayal. I have never seen that attitude within the game communities or most discussions about her."

...really? You haven't?

Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Hell, look at this discussion. Look at…

Originally, she was put there "just to beat up", just like almost every other character in the game who wasn't playable. That's pretty much the game's core mechanic.

Since then, they've certainly used her for more than that, though the response to that has been, uh, mixed, at best.

"Also, these kinds of games aren't…

I'm not even sure how to respond to that. Sure they do, insofar as any opinion matters.

Do the opinions of people who find her to be yet another demeaning media portrayal not matter? Do they not have the right to express their feelings to Capcom?

There are always going to be people within any group who disagree with the…

I admit I'm kind of puzzled as to why Kinja thought the previous post was worthy of exiling me to grey-text status. Maybe the system is actually a secret Capcom fan?

Nope. "Freedom of speech" means no government-sanctioned consequences.

If I say to my boss "You're an asshole" and he fires me, he's not "infringing on my freedom of speech". Being fired is a logical consequence of what I said.

If I wear a t-shirt covered in racial slurs, people may well treat me differently. They're…

"I'm a Shemale, if your offended by me saying that then too bad, in the united states (or even the internet) you have every right to be offended, but you don't have the right to not be offended. people can and will say whatever they want and there is nothing you can do about that."

Not true. I can call them on it. I…

Apparently, a lot of other people (including trans people) disagreed, just like they do with you over the term "shemale".

"Faggot is a term used to describe a bundle of sticks, it isn't a slur to everybody."

Ugh, are we really doing -that-, now? Context matters.

"I'm trans and its not a slur to me. and to that effect ANYTHING can be used as any kind of slur because the English language constantly evolves."

I am too and I think it's pretty…

I've just been informed they had a bunch of pretty awful stuff they included with her appearance in "Street Fighter x Tekken", which they later patched out due to complaints.

"Faggot" is a term used to describe some gay men. It's even used within the gay community.

That doesn't make it "not a slur".

Racial slurs are sometimes used within a given ethnic group. That doesn't make them NOT racial slurs.

Trust me, in the "T" part of the LGBT community, the OVERWHELMING consensus is that "shemale"…

See my previous comments about the term "shemale".

Even if she was originally conceived that way, it doesn't make the way they've handled the character any less distasteful.

I know you probably didn't mean it that way, but "shemale" is a term on par with "faggot" and a bunch of racial slurs.

Uh huh. Or in other words, "I can't be bothered to read what other people have posted before I post, because I don't really care what anyone else has to say. I just have to get my opinion in."

Get over yourself.

And no, sorry, you don't get to tell other people how to post. (And if I WERE stalking you, wouldn't I have…