TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoExecutive order bans gender-neutral language in Arkansas government documentsfayettevilleflyer.comexternal-linkmessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down114
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minus-squaresuperguylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down22·8 months agoNo, you can still use they when referring to multiple people or those of unknown sex. Might want to brush up on your English if this is news to you.
minus-squareShea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoThey is grammatically correct for a single person so I’m not even kind of sure what you mean here
minus-squaresuperguylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down19·8 months agoI never said it was incorrect. The problem is forcing people to use ‘they’ when they’d rather use he or she.
minus-squareLucyLastic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoThe poster above me here is absolutely right, she shouldn’t be forced to use the wrong pronouns. It might make her uncomfortable.
minus-squareNudding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoShe sounds like a fuckin idiot if you ask me.
minus-squareLucyLastic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoOh I agree with that completely, only babies wet their knickers at the first sign of properly gendering others.
minus-squaresuperguylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·8 months agoLogic and reason usually anger the illogical and unreasonable.
minus-squaresuperguylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·8 months agoYeah, nah. I grew out of that phase in elementary school. You can call me whatever you want, I’m not some child who lets it affect me.
minus-squareLucyLastic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoIf I had to call you something, it would be “embarrassingly thoughtless to others”.
minus-squaresuperguylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·8 months agoCool. I’m secure enough to not let random lies on the internet affect me. You should try it sometime.
No, you can still use they when referring to multiple people or those of unknown sex.
Might want to brush up on your English if this is news to you.
They is grammatically correct for a single person so I’m not even kind of sure what you mean here
I never said it was incorrect. The problem is forcing people to use ‘they’ when they’d rather use he or she.
The poster above me here is absolutely right, she shouldn’t be forced to use the wrong pronouns. It might make her uncomfortable.
She sounds like a fuckin idiot if you ask me.
Oh I agree with that completely, only babies wet their knickers at the first sign of properly gendering others.
Logic and reason usually anger the illogical and unreasonable.
U angry?
Yeah, nah. I grew out of that phase in elementary school.
You can call me whatever you want, I’m not some child who lets it affect me.
If I had to call you something, it would be “embarrassingly thoughtless to others”.
Cool. I’m secure enough to not let random lies on the internet affect me.
You should try it sometime.