My honest opinion is that Ziz got several friends of mine killed. So i dont exactly have a high opinion of her. But I have never heard of Ziz referring to themselves as LaSota. Its honestly toxic not to use people’s preferred names. Its especially toxic if they are trans but the issue isn’t restricted to trans people. So Id strongly prefer people refer to Ziz as Ziz.
I think this position has some merit, though I disagree. I think Ziz is a name that is hard to Google and get context on, and also feels like it’s chosen with intimidation in mind. “LaSota” is me trying to actively be neutral and not choose a name that they have actively disendorsed, but while also making it a more unique identifier, not misgendering them (like their full legal name would), and not contributing to more bad dynamics by having a “cool name for the community villain”, which I really don’t think has good consequences.
I think when it comes to people who get people killed, it’s justified to reveal all the names they go by in the interest of public safety, even if they don’t like it.
Also for practical purposes it’s much more clear who is being referred to in the local context especially since there’s tons of writing from/about Ziz
Plus it’s just a much cooler name for a community villain.
My honest opinion is that Ziz got several friends of mine killed. So i dont exactly have a high opinion of her. But I have never heard of Ziz referring to themselves as LaSota. Its honestly toxic not to use people’s preferred names. Its especially toxic if they are trans but the issue isn’t restricted to trans people. So Id strongly prefer people refer to Ziz as Ziz.
I think this position has some merit, though I disagree. I think Ziz is a name that is hard to Google and get context on, and also feels like it’s chosen with intimidation in mind. “LaSota” is me trying to actively be neutral and not choose a name that they have actively disendorsed, but while also making it a more unique identifier, not misgendering them (like their full legal name would), and not contributing to more bad dynamics by having a “cool name for the community villain”, which I really don’t think has good consequences.
I think when it comes to people who get people killed, it’s justified to reveal all the names they go by in the interest of public safety, even if they don’t like it.
What exactly do you mean by the word ‘toxic’?
Also for practical purposes it’s much more clear who is being referred to in the local context especially since there’s tons of writing from/about Ziz
Plus it’s just a much cooler name for a community villain.