RE: Please convince me gender is binary
January 29, 2019 at 8:40 pm
(This post was last modified: January 29, 2019 at 8:50 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 29, 2019 at 7:36 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Are you saying that if someone asks to be referred to in a certain way, or not in a certain way, then we should respect that wish?People do so for you, Mr. Benny.
Quote:What if we just don't happen to believe that demographic, or that individual, is deserving of that kind of compliance?What if I just so happen to believe that you don't deserve such accomodation?
Quote:What if, rather than calling a particular trans individual "she," I want to call that person a "crazy piece of shit, who's gaming a new female identity role just to get extra attention?"You're asking me "what if" people were pointless and blatant assholes.
Quote: What if rather than referring to someone by their individual identity, I insist on reminding them of say their racial demographic and insist on defining them by it despite requests not to? Am I out of line?See above.
What if a person was unwilling to extend the basic considerations that society affords them to others, and replaced that consideration with intentional insulting, offensive and derogatory comments instead? Well, then they would be engaging in an act of social violence and verbal assault.
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