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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink63•2 years agoIf you mean like 3 weirdos on Tumblr that right-wing talk show hosts make fun of to try to make trans people look worthy of ridicule, sure. I guess they had to find something after people stopped believing the “litter boxes in classrooms” stories.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•2 years agoWhen is the last time you spoke to someone, in person, that used anything aside from he/she/they?
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilink6•2 years agoNever, because I haven’t talked to many English speakers in general and neopronouns are not a thing in my native language.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoI struggle to see why you care about this when you’ve literally never been affected by it.
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilink1•2 years agoNot in real life, but on the internet, I see people like that often, especially on Mastodon.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoAnd their existence irritates you for some reason?
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilink6•2 years agoDo people refusing to use neopronouns hurt anyone? Also no.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThe entire medical community and people who are affected by it disagree with you, and it’s a tired argument.
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilink1•2 years agoCan you show me the research from the medical community showing that things like “star/starself” are actual genders?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThose two words are pronouns, not genders.
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilink1•2 years agoWhat’s the point of having different pronouns if there is no gender to assign them to?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoWhat’s the point of having first names? Or nicknames?
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink6•2 years agoxenogender ppl are (relatively) common-ish if you hang around the right circles tbh i know a few
If you mean like 3 weirdos on Tumblr that right-wing talk show hosts make fun of to try to make trans people look worthy of ridicule, sure. I guess they had to find something after people stopped believing the “litter boxes in classrooms” stories.
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When is the last time you spoke to someone, in person, that used anything aside from he/she/they?
I lived in SF, and:
never.
Never, because I haven’t talked to many English speakers in general and neopronouns are not a thing in my native language.
I struggle to see why you care about this when you’ve literally never been affected by it.
Not in real life, but on the internet, I see people like that often, especially on Mastodon.
And their existence irritates you for some reason?
Who cares? Do they hurt anyone? No.
Do people refusing to use neopronouns hurt anyone? Also no.
The entire medical community and people who are affected by it disagree with you, and it’s a tired argument.
Can you show me the research from the medical community showing that things like “star/starself” are actual genders?
Those two words are pronouns, not genders.
What’s the point of having different pronouns if there is no gender to assign them to?
What’s the point of having first names? Or nicknames?
xenogender ppl are (relatively) common-ish if you hang around the right circles tbh
i know a few