Yeah, I'm choosing to believe this person has been with us longer than that, but you very well could be right. I know it seems to be the truth from where I'm sitting, that rats are only just seeing the ship sinking.

The only reason I'm contrite is because up until all this bullshit, I supported trans rights. They shouldn't be called slurs. If they disclose dysphoria to someone near to them, using their preferred name and pronouns is an act of kindness and decency. I reversed my thinking on strangers owing others that emotional labor though, and have come to believe that pronouns are earned when someone is read and perceived as the sex they claim unless you are humoring a good friend.

Here's the thing: the backlash is going to be laced with a heavy dose of what right wingers think of trans people. If they thought the wrong pronouns were literal violence, they will not believe how quickly actual violence comes knocking. They are damn fools for thinking they can keep on like this, and even so, if they do, I won't be able to help feeling bad for them, especially the young kids who thought that being misgendered was the worst it gets.