• nikt@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    That’s exactly the point. There is a cost. The news media and the public discourse has limited bandwidth. There are only so many things we can talk about and fight for at any given time, and to me it seems like this issue may be drowning out more existential issues.

    The irony is that the argument over pronouns is intentionally being amplified by right wing media and activists. They’re trolling us into being outraged about this, and we’re falling right into their trap.

    It’s classic bikeshedding being used against us, and most of us seem to be entirely unaware.

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        1 year ago

        Are you seriously finding calling people by correct pronouns difficult?

        How would you ever know? You are not going to use third-person pronouns in front of the subject and there is no contention around the use of second-person pronouns that I am aware of. If you use the wrong third-person pronoun in front of others on the rare occasion that you need to talk about someone, they aren’t going to notice or care.

        If there’s a bandwidth issue and right wing people are so concerned about it

        He said they are trolling you, not that they have concern. There is nothing to be concerned about.