shish_mish@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agoJK Rowling prefers two years in jail over using correct pronounswww.thepinknews.comexternal-linkmessage-square203fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down157
arrow-up1307arrow-down1external-linkJK Rowling prefers two years in jail over using correct pronounswww.thepinknews.comshish_mish@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square203fedilink
minus-squareChais@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·9 months agoIt’s more that I’m giving her a taste of her own medicine. She doesn’t extend this basic courtesy to people she disagrees with, so why should anyone give it to her?
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·9 months agoBecause it isn’t just hurting she/her, it is also hurting the people who want to be called a different pronouns. So better to keep referring to her cis pronouns every time she/her is mentioned.
minus-squarevanquesse@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoBecause the signal you’re sending to trans people is that you don’t think respecting our pronouns is a human right. She is so vile and toxic in such obvious ways - why not attack her for her wrongs instead?
It’s more that I’m giving her a taste of her own medicine. She doesn’t extend this basic courtesy to people she disagrees with, so why should anyone give it to her?
Because it isn’t just hurting she/her, it is also hurting the people who want to be called a different pronouns.
So better to keep referring to her cis pronouns every time she/her is mentioned.
How so?
Because the signal you’re sending to trans people is that you don’t think respecting our pronouns is a human right.
She is so vile and toxic in such obvious ways - why not attack her for her wrongs instead?