so many people are willfully missing this very simple point, and it says a lot about how they really think about trans people.

my point still stands, the more a word is in use the less "silly" it sounds. if you shoot everything down as sounding "too silly" then nothing will ever rise to that bar and become "acceptable" enough to use. you're basically going "i think neopronouns are silly and we shouldn't use them" with extra steps.

i think i've been pretty clear in my meaning, and you're continuing to willfully miss each and every point to a tee. it's pretty clear you're not engaging in good faith at this point so i'm just gonna hit the block and report buttons and move on with my day.

also hello i am a trans woman who has experienced they/them being weaponized as a vehicle to refuse to acknowledge my identity, and it landed exactly the same as "he". please put your assumptions back in your ass where they came from, they're worse than useless.

refusing to acknowledge someone's gender identity is phobic and abusive, if you're having trouble with this very basic core concept then you're no ally of mine. the fact that you keep returning to "wHaT iF i DoN't kNOw" after I've already hammered as hard as I can on "yeah but once they tell you tho" says the ENTIRE quiet part for you.

you, you're doing it right. behavior is not an excuse to knowingly misgender someone. everything else in this thread is beside the point.

it's shitty to continue they/them'ing someone who asked for different pronouns, no different than referring a person you know is a trans woman as "he", full stop. but please continue spinning yourself in circles to make it okay to knowingly and willingly misgender people, queer folks deserve to see that big red flag you're waving.

> headline about Americans and cars

> pic of guy in right hand drive car

AI is incredible /s

"you get the pronouns i feel like using for you" is some phobe shit, adding a third option doesn't make it less of a shitty thing to do.

"i'm fully willing to respect peoples' genders"

goes on to explain in detail why some peoples' genders don't merit respect

continues pretending it's fine to they/them someone who specifically asked for different pronouns

yeah im done here

no, the bad thing is doubling down on "nah, you get the pronouns i pick for you" after being informed. this user sticking their fingers in their ears and crying about ignorance is a red herring argument to set up some DARVO shit.

every new word sounds silly at first, that's why every generation makes fun of the kids' slang. hell, remember when "yeet" was new? it sounded so silly and stupid, but it's just another part of the lexicon now.