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[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)
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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Transphobes be like: "No matter how much you try to reshape it with excessive physical force, or melt it by applying excessive heat, still a slab of raw iron!" (Is there some synonym for melting that could sound "gross"?)

[–] Foxfire@pawb.social 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I'm not sure, but you could always make a metaphor. Might I suggest the word sloughing, which is generally used to mean the shedding of dead tissue? Like say, "no matter how hot you work the iron to slough its form-". Though then again, might be a big ask for a transphobe to use a rhetorical device like that.