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AelfredRex t1_irfyof8 wrote

Ever consider the blatant narcissism involved in demanding that people stop using the English language as based on millenia of common consentual usage and change that usage overnight arbitrarily simply to satisfy their own personal whims, and any who do not go along with those whims must be punished as an example to terrorize others into compliance?

The word "tyrant" comes to mind. So does "brat".

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Careless-Vast-7588 t1_irgmlgt wrote

So if your name is Robert and you ask people call you Rob or Bob or Bobby, they have every right to tell you “go fuck yourself, how DARE you try to curtail my free speech!”

That’s how silly you sound.

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AelfredRex t1_irguock wrote

If someone comes up and says "Call me Rob or else"... that's a threat and that's the game these people play.

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Careless-Vast-7588 t1_irhvlvb wrote

Lol, literally nobody is doing that. They’re asking you to just use their pronouns, and you’re being an obstinate asshole.

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AelfredRex t1_iri8wem wrote

And when you refuse they throw tantrums and try to ruin your life. That's thuggery.

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Careless-Vast-7588 t1_irjxvcv wrote

…..or you could just, not be a dick to people? It’s not like it’s a hard ask. If you’re talking to them, you wouldn’t even use their preferred pronouns. If you’re talking to someone else about them, is it REALLY that much to just use “she/he” instead of “he/she”?

Be kind to people.

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AelfredRex t1_irk41pg wrote

Unless they refuse to speak the way you want them to, then destroy their careers. Right?

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Careless-Vast-7588 t1_irkqvd7 wrote

If you have to be mandated to not be an asshole to people, so be it. It’s really not that big of a deal, just don’t be a dick? Why is that so hard?

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AelfredRex t1_irl1w9k wrote

"Waaah, teacher didn't use my pronouns! He didn't validate my ego! Crucify him! Destroy his career! Ruin him financially! I deserve to be OBEYED!"

That's what you defend. You think you're being so moral but you have no problem destroying a person's life just to stroke your own ego. Who's the dick?

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Careless-Vast-7588 t1_irlc9p2 wrote

Yeah that teacher sounds like an asshole and a child. It doesn’t affect you in the slightest if someone asks to use X pronouns. You’re just whining that people call you an asshole. Don’t be an asshole. Be like Bill and Ted.

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DavidLieberMintz t1_irshaqx wrote

Oh, honey. No one is wasting the energy to threaten a troll like yourself.

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lordrustad t1_irgklh8 wrote

Ahh yes, the immutable English language - that bastion of permanency since time immemorial.

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AelfredRex t1_irgvjuy wrote

Language is by consent... not diktat.

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lordrustad t1_irgwrjl wrote

Grammar rules (like pronouns) are also descriptive, rather than prescriptive. But there is a certain irony in "language is by consent...not diktat" coming from the "language is what I say it is" camp.

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AelfredRex t1_irgyy14 wrote

If I do not consent to call an apple an orange, but you try to impose financial hardship on me for not doing so, that's extortion.

Congratulations. You're a tyrant.

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lordrustad t1_irh12ub wrote

>You're a tyrant.

"There are consequences to being inconsiderate / rude / intentionally spiteful in a workplace" is not synonymous with tyranny, however much you'd like it to be.

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DavidLieberMintz t1_irshgd0 wrote

And we all know the English language has stayed the exact same for millions of years. It's god's will!

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thebutchone t1_irgugw4 wrote

That's a lot of words to say that you don't know how pronouns work. Do you also throw a fit about married names and nicknames?

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AelfredRex t1_irgutrg wrote

If someone comes up and tells you to call them God and throws a temper tantrum and tries to get you fired from your job if you don't....

You're backing bullies.

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