I don't see buying into someone else's delusion as a skill, and its certainly not one I have to learnThe way I see it is that I will try to use these pronouns but I can’t really blame myself or anyone else for using grammar correctly, as we were taught at school and as children. ‘They’ and ‘them’ doesn’t work in vocabulary very well so it’s not exactly ignorance, it’s a technical skill everyone now has to learn
I think you know that your point about "c*nt" has no relevance.At the time Shakespeare was writing the word ‘bleep’ was in common parlance and was not considered obscene. You try using it to refer to people today and I think you might find any excuses of ‘but it was alright in the past’ would probably get you short shrift.
You might think it’s ‘pisstaking’ but most people are taking the piss purely because they consider it to be ridiculous. Sam is perfectly within his rights to identify how ever he wishes, but he does not have the right to force other people to go along with any of it.
Shakespeare used to use pronouns such a thee/thine/thou as well, times changeYou're wrong. As I said, I've seen enough pisstaking over it on here and social media.
But so what if Sam decides to do whatever? It's their life. By all means take the piss out of the outfit, but jumping on pronouns is a bit pathetic.
As an addendum, Shakespeare used to use gender-neutral pronouns. Guess that makes him woke, eh...
I am Scottish and the use of the word c*nt is interchangeable- it can be used as an insult or a compliment!At the time Shakespeare was writing the word ‘bleep’ was in common parlance and was not considered obscene. You try using it to refer to people today and I think you might find any excuses of ‘but it was alright in the past’ would probably get you short shrift.
You might think it’s ‘pisstaking’ but most people are taking the piss purely because they consider it to be ridiculous. Sam is perfectly within his rights to identify how ever he wishes, but he does not have the right to force other people to go along with any of it.
I’d probably get them some therapyI do wonder how you and some others would react to a son or daughter of theirs telling them that they wish to be referred to using pronouns. Would you take the piss out of them?
To be fair, I’m not bothered by it particularly. It was just an example of the fact that trying to force people into using words because of archaic usage isn’t the ‘gotcha’ that some think it is. Especially when you’ve seen that exact same argument dozens of times in the last few days. It must be doing the rounds or something.I am Scottish and the use of the word c*nt is interchangeable- it can be used as an insult or a compliment!
Don't you think asking them about it in order to you to have a better understanding of what they're feeling would be a better start?I’d probably get them some therapy
What kind of tit argument is that. How DARE you ASSUME every human being on this planet would want a childI do wonder how you and some others would react to a son or daughter of theirs telling them that they wish to be referred to using pronouns. Would you take the piss out of them?
If one of my kids decided to change their pronouns I would say, don't be so bloody stupid, and grow up. I will never use pronouns to anyone, I think they are complete nonsense I see a male or a female, a he or her, have your pronouns but don't expect people to just except them, they are beyond ridiculous, find another way for attention.I do wonder how you and some others would react to a son or daughter of theirs telling them that they wish to be referred to using pronouns. Would you take the piss out of them?