(12-05-2022, 07:27 AM)Freija Wrote: I don’t disagree about the pronoun thing but I have to ask, have you ever actually encountered someone wanting to use some made up pronoun or is this just something you have read about on the internet? I haven’t. I don’t have a problem with they/them but when venturing into the realm of neo-pronouns, I am probably as reluctant and confused by it all as you are but if pronouns and pushy activists are the biggest complaint you have against trans and gender divergent people, I can live with that.
However, if you’ve been sucked into the save-the-children anti-trans hysteria, believe kids are being sex changed and “mutilated” by affirming care protocols and that all LGBTx people are groomers and pedophiles because Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro or Libs of TicToc, FOX News etc. says so, then we need to have a more thorough discussion.
After thinking about that, you are correct...I have not ever encountered a person out on the streets or face-to-face that preferred any of these bogus pronouns. The unreal part is many of these made-up terms are being endorsed by Governments, especially Trudeau's social justice team, to even English dictionaries, which I assume are being indoctrinated into various public schools. Crazy upside down times.
Mucho appreciate you sharing your story & thoughts. I honestly had no idea, still a bit speechless and I can't even imagine all that trauma you had to endure through school. Holy shit! Still much I do not know nor understand. I'll get there eventually.
Mass media to shills & larpers, various politicians and those high strung evangelicals have created a fake alt reality via the Internet/TV.
Yes, I did for a while get "sucked into the save-the-children anti-trans hysteria" nonsense that was and still is being pushed. Finally, after doing a bit of research, scanning the landscape of various actors who have a loud reaching anti trans voice to the masses, who have ulterior motives for doing so and listening to a few people who are neutral on the whole subject I came to the realization the whole thing is a con job being used as a political tool against so many people. Matt Walsh and many others like him need a good swift kick to head. Perhaps a waterboarding exercise with historical facts.
I can live with people who dare to be different, but don't push that stuff on me like it's a religion. Nobody has to date, except various media pundits & the many delusional (paid) activists, whom I'm betting don't care either side, until the gravy train one day comes to an end.
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." – Thomas Sowell