Language should not be dictated by any authoritarian body. We should all be the authors of our own lives and free to choose how to communicate our ideas.
It’s not language being dictated, but it’s usage, and I understand that aspect of it.
I mean, besides the obvious “you shouldn’t use hate speech,” if someone tells me that their pronouns are they/them and I ignore that and just keep using she/her, that would be incredibly disrespectful. It’s not about whether it’s grammatically valid or not, it’s the meaning and intent.
That being said, I think Drag is where I’d draw the line. It’s not that I don’t respect neopronouns, but rather that I think Drag is an insincere troll. Not to mention that the whole purpose behind neopronouns is to work around the gendered nature of standard third-person pronouns, but mandating that it also needs to apply to the gender-agnostic first- and second-person pronouns makes no sense.
It’s the fact they (including the Blahaj admins) demand everyone else use language in the same way they do that rankles with me.
Language should not be dictated by any authoritarian body. We should all be the authors of our own lives and free to choose how to communicate our ideas.
It’s not language being dictated, but it’s usage, and I understand that aspect of it.
I mean, besides the obvious “you shouldn’t use hate speech,” if someone tells me that their pronouns are they/them and I ignore that and just keep using she/her, that would be incredibly disrespectful. It’s not about whether it’s grammatically valid or not, it’s the meaning and intent.
That being said, I think Drag is where I’d draw the line. It’s not that I don’t respect neopronouns, but rather that I think Drag is an insincere troll. Not to mention that the whole purpose behind neopronouns is to work around the gendered nature of standard third-person pronouns, but mandating that it also needs to apply to the gender-agnostic first- and second-person pronouns makes no sense.