• tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk
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    1 year ago

    Does she realize what a complete arsehole that makes her look? She’d rather go to jail than treat people like human beings?

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        1 year ago

        assuming you didn’t make a typo, this ain’t cute. The signal you’re sending is that respecting pronouns is a privilege you reserve for people you agree with.

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          1 year ago

          It’s more that I’m giving her a taste of her own medicine. She doesn’t extend this basic courtesy to people she disagrees with, so why should anyone give it to her?

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            Because it isn’t just hurting she/her, it is also hurting the people who want to be called a different pronouns.

            So better to keep referring to her cis pronouns every time she/her is mentioned.

          • vanquesse@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            1 year ago

            Because the signal you’re sending to trans people is that you don’t think respecting our pronouns is a human right.

            She is so vile and toxic in such obvious ways - why not attack her for her wrongs instead?

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        1 year ago

        Personally I think pronouns should be abolished altogether - think of the cumulative time you could save by trimming the language like that. Trim the fat. After all, why use many word when few word do trick?

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          1 year ago

          Said same thing to friend, earlier. Said to was a stupid idea and need functional words to build meaningful sentences. Don’t agree with.

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          Completely agreed.

          Pronouns stem from a time when it mattered whether or not a sentence was about a man or a woman. Sentences about men were given a higher status.

          Once we accepted women are equal to men, it really doesn’t matter what the gender is of the person the sentence is about. They are human, that should be enough.

          I’ve been replacing all pronouns with they/them for a while, even in my daily life.

    • iegod@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      It’s hyperbole and she is referring to being forced to think a particular thing. She’s not wrong on the premise. But no one wants to analyze this because thinking and discord are hard.

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        1 year ago

        She can still think whatever she wants, she just isn’t allowed to call people names they don’t want.

        It is like me calling you “asshole” the whole time, and then proudly announcing that I would rather go to jail than stop calling you asshole.

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          1 year ago

          She can call people whatever she wants that’s the point. You don’t go to jail for calling me an asshole. Being forced to use speech that counters her actual thoughts is the part she’s willing to go to jail for. You would likely do the same for your own beliefs.