Some sanity: Why "neopronouns" are harmful and not helpful

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[–]tomatosplat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

WTF is this dude saying?

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Which one, the one asking the question or the one explaining why having a neurodevelopmental disorder is not a good reason to use made-up pronouns?

[–]tomatosplat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I'm not sure any of it made sense.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Well, here's what's going on.

Trans rights activists use this as a justification for made-up pronouns: "People with neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. autism) use made-up pronouns as a coping mechanism for distress that they have around gender dysphoria."

The person in the post I linked pointed out that that's a poor coping mechanism because

a) It demands something unreasonable of other people. Most coping mechanisms that are actually helpful do not do this.

b) It is maladaptive (not helpful for the person demanding you use their neopronouns) anyway, because it is based on avoidance.

It looks like the original post got deleted and I forgot to archive it. The one time I forget lol.

[–]tomatosplat 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Holyshit. I just googled 'neopronoun'. Ze and zir? The fuck is wrong with these people.

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

Hahaha, have you not happened upon this before?

In real life, I once met in college a transgender-identified male who had "she/they/it" as his preferred pronouns. I'm not joking, "it". I refused to call him that, seems degrading.

[–]Trajan 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

For some it's a mental health condition. For others, particularly the so-called 'gender-fluid' types it's about leaping on a fad for attention. Neither warrants butchering the language so these people can feel special.