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[–]worried19 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Since when is "they" disrespectful? It's supposed to be a neutral pronoun. Are you arguing people should be forced to call that J-person up in Canada "she?"

You can't always avoid talking to or about people in real life.

[–]Porcelain_QuetzalTabby without Ears 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's not more of less disrespectful than he or she. If you know the person isn't going be they and you use it anyways then there's no difference. If you don't it's another story but I think I said that already.

Sure. But if you can't talk to them respectfully without betraying your ideals then the logical step is to avoid them as much as possible. I personally swallow my pride when I have to interact, but not everyone does that.

[–]worried19 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not saying I personally have a problem with it. But the idea that certain speech must be compelled otherwise you're not being respectful bothers me.

I suppose if I was in a scenario where a person who was acting in bad faith was demanding certain pronouns, I would extract myself from the situation if possible. If I could not extract myself, like at work, I would bend over backwards to avoid using any pronoun at all.