• LustyArgonian@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Even if he is closeted, you should still respect his pronouns. It’s still bigotry when you do it, just like when any transphobe does it.

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      5 months ago

      I agree that we should use people’s preferred pronouns. I know it’s difficult to use neopronouns but it’s so seldom an issue let’s just get on with life.

      Elon has protested being identified as a cisgender male, and declared that ‘prosecute/Fauci’ should be used.

      Prosecute has also mentioned that prosecute doesn’t really like people making a big deal about pronouns so let’s just move on.

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        5 months ago

        Let’s move on so you dont have to examine your behavior here or how it may harm the community you are supposedly standing up for

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          5 months ago

          Honestly I’d be happy to examine my behavior, because my support for the trans community is real. I don’t think I’m on trial but if you want me to provide evidence I can.

          I don’t agree with the strategy of the previous poster which was to intentionally mislabel Elon. But I think it is appropriate to ironically adopt someone’s insincerely adopted pronouns. That said, I’d be happy to read an explanation of why this is a bad strategy.

          Cheers.

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            5 months ago

            In general, I don’t think it’s “not transphobic” to use transphobic rhetoric. So that includes using fake pronouns including neopronouns and/or misgendering people.