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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I think neutral pronouns are a fine compromise personally but I’m not the high arbiter of trans people.

[–]loveSloaneDebate King 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh no I’m not saying you are lol. I’m just saying I feel like the argument of “it’s the polite thing to do” kind of works both ways. People think what they think, and if a TW is male to them, demanding female pronouns could be taken as just as rude to the other side of the argument. I think the best bet for both sides is to compromise with neutral pronouns, but there are gc who think that’s still unfair and definitely qt who say that it’s transphobic to compromise on anything less than preferred pronouns. My point is just that it seems like when we come to the pronoun debate specifically, the argument of politesse or respect kind of can be used on both sides.