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[–]ComeTheFuckOn[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I am anti-trans in the sense that I think their ideas are ridiculous. I will call you by whatever pronoun you wish, I'm not going to touch a fucking penis to prove I'm not a bigot ffs.

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

PS No one should ever feel they HAVE to sleep with anyone.

I had a very Lefty, very old male friend, call me a "bigot" over the transgender issue, and he's out of my life now.

[–]BEB 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Whereas I believe that transgenders should have every single human and civil right (just not women's) I will not use preferred pronouns. I will politely explain why to the transgender person; it's because I believe language matters, and once we give up the pronouns used to describe women, we lose our ability to describe ourselves.

It's already happening in the US and worse - in California and New York City failure to use preferred pronouns can result in a fine and jail term (California) and very large fine ($250,000) in NYC.

And the US has a First Amendment right to free speech. Imagine in a country without free speech protections what could happen if the pronoun police are allowed to run free.