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Edit: I also just got banned for apparently being a troll. Me. Not the person they believe to be a dragon though.
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Did the first post about this not go well enough for the transphobes? You had to try again?
It's really fuckin easy, if someone says, "these are my pronouns", you use them.
Accepting literally anything means the attack helicopter meme should be taken seriously.
Some drunk dude with a blue lives punisher tattoo calling themselves something and laughing obviously isn't in good faith. No matter what words they choose.
Should I still use the pronouns they want me to? Or are they an exception?
Considering the actual pronoun in question is "drag", yes.
The drag poster who is the troll that started the whole thing literally posted a meme about being accepting of the attack helicopter meme in that thread!
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20091173/12155139
That post contains this image:
And?
So you do want someone to be the arbiter of what is acceptable for how someone lives their lives... you just want it to coincide with your thoughts on the matter.
How do you even get to that from saying we should call people what they want to be called? You keep trying to make this about some kind of imposition on you but it's really not.
I mean, a troll came in and said drag should be a pronoun. You gleefully picked up the torch and started arguing it for them, it kinda feels like you were looking for an excuse to argue this.
Prove it.
Happy to call someone a real pronoun. He/him she/her they and any combination of those.
I will no call someone a dragon. Nor will I call them anything else like that.
Good for you being the arbitrator of what is acceptable for how other people live their lives. That's sure a big responsibility! Running with your example, I'm now using the only two pronouns I feel comfortable using for people like you: gobshite/broomstick.
Gobshite and broomstick are names. You can call me them if you’d like, but that’s not my name.
Look at broomstick over here. Gobshite actually thinks that language rules are immutable instead of a consensus amongst users! Gobshite is silly and clearly lacks any linguistics knowledge, but the most ignorant are often the most confident.
Yeah. Look at that broomstick!!
No one know who you are talking about because those names aren’t referring to anyone specifically.
I’ve try though. High five.
Shouldn't that be "Gobshite are silly and clearly lack any linguistics knowledge"?
It's really up to broomstick, but gobshite already gave us carte blanche to use our personal pronoun preferences on others. I'm going to say it's at the user's discretion.
I do appreciate the entertainment.
These comments are making my point better than I could.
Thanks for the support.
Fun fact, this behavior is exactly what the Blahaj post was about, as a bannable offense.
The pronoun in question is Drag. You're thinking about the name, which is no more ridiculous than Richard.
Drag is a name. If that’s what someone wants to be called, that’s fine but it isn’t a pronoun.
this community is getting really gross.
I think it's the mismatch between Reddit and Lemmy. Yeah the mods screw up sometimes but it's nowhere near the quantity of Reddit. So they're trying to bring any ban into this community, even tiny cooling off period ones.