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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plenty of people call North Korea the DPRK as that's it's official name, despite being well aware that it's undemocratic, not a republic not for the people, and only of half of Korea, even in the same sentence as condemning it for not being the things it claims to be. What you're saying is effectively equivalent to saying anyone in favour of democracy is evil on the grounds that North Korea labels itself as democratic, and is a bad place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except the DPRK is a self-given name of an out-and-out fascist country, not a name given to it by other democracies for still standing by the essentials of democratic republics. This is unlike TERFs, where they’re still considered feminists (hence the name) since they still stand by the essentials of the movement (ie more rights for women).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Terf is their self identified label. I think "feminism appropriating radical transphobes" is a more accurate label.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

TERF isn’t a self-identification label though, it was given to them.