• Blibly@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    And why CAN’T we be the party of pronouns? What the fuck is wrong with respecting people’s identities and pushing for positive change. I’ve had enough of this regressive bullshit from these losers.

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        3 days ago

        No. Basic human decency in the face of fascism is incredibly important actually. You will not change my mind. Bye.

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          Self identity doesn’t require external validation. You define yourself through your actions, not by what you say you are. It’s not a sign of disrespect if someone doesn’t use your preferred pronouns, it’s that they just don’t care. They’re more concerned with you being a good neighbor or that you use your turn signals or say please and thank you or make eye contact when you’re talking to someone or that you bathe before you go out in public. Pronouns are superficial. Try actually contributing something positive to the world instead of acting like a victim.

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            2 days ago

            You define yourself through your actions, not by what you say you are.

            I’d argue you define yourself through both.

            It’s not a sign of disrespect if someone doesn’t use your preferred pronouns

            If you purposefully don’t use their preferred pronouns it is. In much the same way it’s a sign of disrespect to call someone a piece of trash to their face.

            it’s that they’re more concerned with you being a good neighbor

            You’re being the bad “neighbor” by purposefully using the wrong pronouns, but also, what?

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              People who purposely use your wrong pronouns are just assholes. I’m not talking about them. Just regular people. And your pronouns, or your name, or what skin color you have are just labels. Not who you are.