• vanquesse@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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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.

      • Chais@sh.itjust.works
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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?

        • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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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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          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?

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

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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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.