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 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.