• systemglitch@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Anytime I see someone mention pronouns, my brain instantly lessens the value of anything else they say.

    Anyoe focused on that has a compromised thought process. It’s one of those things that seems universally true.

    • Akasazh@feddit.nl
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      8 hours ago

      You mentioned pronouns, so I’ll treat you according to your own ruleset

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      8 hours ago

      Anytime I see someone denigrating use of pronouns, I assume they have shit for brains.

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        1 hour ago

        You can ask, but not tell.

        If somebody calls you how you want to be called then that’s a form of respect. But forcing other people to respect you just gets you disrespected.

        • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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          1 hour ago

          Nah man, anyone who refuses to respect me deserves me spitting in their face. If someone asks that you use pronouns of a certain kind for them, generally you should make an effort to do so, and generally not doing so is a shitty thing to do. If I introduce myself as “John” and someone insists on calling me “James”, I am entirely in the right to insist on “John”, and to become aggravated if they refuse. Likewise with pronouns.

          Signed, Cis guy with he/him pronouns

          Ain’t hard to show a little respect when someone asks it of you; and if you refuse, they are in the right to demand it as a precondition for respectful interaction.

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            57 minutes ago

            What I mean is that if somebody calls you James, you should walk away instead of crying and being mad about it like a narcissist that doesn’t get what they want. It’s the latter which many people are exhibiting nowadays.