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Human dignity does not apply to someone who targets and kills innocent people. Who cares what this person is called. They are a deranged murderer and don't deserve to be called anything else.
How do you feel about calling Osama bin Laden a 'towelhead'? Do you think people other than bin Laden might have a problem with that?
Treating name and gender changes as the correct way to refer to someone is not about respect for the murderer. If you say those things only apply if the person is in good ethical standing (in your eyes), you're validating the ability for others to use that excuse to misgender based on their determination of ethical standing and telling all trans people that the validity of their identity is a privilege rather than a right.
That's actually a slur people use? It sounds so cringey. It would be like if I called Colonel Sanders a chickenbutt.
It's a bit dated, but was among the lighter slurs for Arabic people during the Gulf Wars.