Goddamn that’s a crusty jpeg. Organically grown. I thought they didn’t make 'em like this anymore.
Because the all loving sky daddy won’t let you in to his place unless you show some hate
I think for a lot of people, it’s also about just having to care about your fellow man (or woman) in general. Having to learn pronouns is part of having to learn just anything at all about you and they’d rather not do that.
I don’t know if that’s accurate, otherwise the reaction wouldn’t be so virtriolic. ‘I don’t care about your pronouns.’ is a very different message from ‘There are only 2 genders (or whatever, insert anti-trans propaganda here).’ .
A perfect summary of Epstein’s role.
Of course he’d then film you and use that to twist your arm for infinity.
Until you tell me what you prefer to be called, to me, your pronoun is “meatbag”.
“I’m so embarrassed, I wish everyone else would die.”
Exactly, though I would prefer to be spared the lecture if I / when I mess up. Despite trying my best and considering myself an ally, everybody makes mistakes sometimes.
I had a recent experience at a friend’s party. A couple with their 2 kids were there, whom I’d never met before. As tends to happen in these sorts of situations (strangers in a safe, friendly environment), I was making small talk trying to get to know them.
At some point early on, I complimented the couple on “how polite their boys were”.
That was a mistake.
The father went into a semi-hostile lecture for several minutes along the lines of “They are kids. We don’t call them boys. They are too young to know what gender they are.”
Keep in mind, the children were like 5 and 7 years old, both had names that are typically considered male names in my culture (ex: Kevin and John), and their overall presentation (hair, clothes, behavior) was indistinguishable from the other boys at the party.
And regardless of all that, it’s hard to imagine any scenario where the topic and my tone could be misconstrued as an attempt to be insulting. I get that different families handle things differently, but I really don’t think the gender-free parenting thing is common enough (in my part of the world) for people to be offended that a total stranger doesn’t automatically assume it’s a thing for them.
Yeah, that approach is terrible. You gotta explain what your situation is before getting angry.
Living in a more diverse society is awesome, but one thing that we all need to get used to if we want that society to work is patiently explaining ourselves to people, and how we would like them to treat us if they want to be polite. People take time to learn stuff, and you cannot assume they have learned it if you haven’t explained it to them.
I prefer to call most people “it”.
That would be cool to see walking around
