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[–]meandering_vines 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I used to view using pronouns as a matter of politeness, but now I can't bring myself to refer to anybody with pronouns other than those based on sex. In the workplace this mostly means that I also avoid speaking about these people in the first place or use their name if I have to speak about them. Once activists started pushing for "misgendering" to literally be against the law or against workplace policy, the time for politeness ended. Also the concept of using somebody's pronouns if requested has now changed to "everybody must announce their pronouns when introducing themselves" and "you better make room in your Twitter bio to declare your pronouns!". It's also silly how activists constantly use the phrase "pronouns are about dignity and respect", as if correctly referring to somebody's sex is somehow the worst offense possible and as if women and people of color aren't routinely referred to with actual slurs.

[–]lefterfield 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

as if women and people of color aren't routinely referred to with actual slurs.

Seriously. They want to conflate a man being called a man the same as women being called gendered slurs and people being called racial slurs. If those are the same, it suggests that these people believe the slurs, and believe women are bitches and cunts.