Using he or she in sentences is politically incorrect

[idea]

What makes people think they are so important?

Let’s be real. With most people I am not going to bother remembering your name, much less your “preferred pronouns”. As soon as our business is concluded I am gone and you will probably never see me again. I will not be going through your dictionary of leftist propaganda with you reviewing every little thing you identify as. I honestly don’t care.

That's the point - for people, it's safer to keep it generic, they/them covers everyone and you don't have to worry about anything.

 

[JustGeorge]

That's the point - for people, it's safer to keep it generic, they/them covers everyone and you don't have to worry about anything.

What if a person has expressed a preferred pronoun that isn't neutral?

 

[Secret Chief]

You're pushing it...

You wouldn't want me any other way.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Ok Miss Twighlight... or do you go by Mrs.?

I'll call you little buster!

 

[idea]

What if a person has expressed a preferred pronoun that isn't neutral?

Until you know, use they/them. After you know, use what they prefer.

 

[Kooky]

I think people get way too offended by language usage like this.

People very definitely get way too offended over being asked not to use a specific pronoun, I agree.

Can you explain why this is even an actual problem?
Does it cause you pain? Does it offend your pride or your religion?

 

[osgart]

People very definitely get way too offended over being asked not to use a specific pronoun, I agree.

Can you explain why this is even an actual problem?
Does it cause you pain? Does it offend your pride or your religion?

It irritates me that people are so easily offended. Especially when I'm accustomed to a certain language usage all my life. No false pride, and no religion to speak of. It's not that important.

I can live with it.

 

[SomeRandom]

It irritates me that people are so easily offended. Especially when I'm accustomed to a certain language usage all my life. No false pride, and no religion to speak of. It's not that important.

I can live with it.

A language that remains stagnant is a language which dies.
Do you really think your parents understood all the slang you and your friends used to use?
Welcome to the rite of passage known as “language passing you by.” I experienced it not too long ago, speaking to my younger nephew and his friends

 

[osgart]

A language that remains stagnant is a language which dies.
Do you really think your parents understood all the slang you and your friends used to use?
Welcome to the rite of passage known as “language passing you by.” I experienced it not too long ago, speaking to my younger nephew and his friends

Then I'll just have to be stubborn, old, and grouchy and stick to my ways, lol.

 

[SomeRandom]

Then I'll just have to be stubborn, old, and grouchy and stick to my ways, lol.

Oh you grumpy old man, you

 

[Kooky]

It irritates me that people are so easily offended.

Me too. I find this entire thread highly irritating, in fact.

 

[JustGeorge]

Me too. I find this entire thread highly irritating, in fact.

I find rashes irritating.

 

[Kooky]

I find rashes irritating.

Ah, rashes, another example of political correctness gone too far!

 

[osgart]

Me too. I find this entire thread highly irritating, in fact.

Yeah I had to share my irritation with the world. I should have thought it through. Lol.

 

[Kooky]

Yeah I had to share my irritation with the world. I should have thought it through. Lol.

It must be true bliss to have so few real problems that one has to create imaginary ones.

 

[JustGeorge]

It must be true bliss to have so few real problems that one has to create imaginary ones.

....sometimes imaginary ones are more fun...

 

[Kooky]

....sometimes imaginary ones are more fun...

Fair point.