Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore

Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by um_ya on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:10PM (#20779822)

I draw the line at compelled speech. I don't want to have to remember your "pronoun" in order to have a regular conversation with you. At some point the politeness of inclusivity pervades upon the efficiency of getting your job done.

Being offended and upset is a personal problem, not a public one. Requiring colleagues to bend over backwards to accommodate your needs should be a matter of politeness, not company policy.

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Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by microtherion on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:43PM (#20780268)

> I don't want to have to remember your "pronoun" in order to have a regular conversation with you.

Good thing, then that the debate is about third person pronouns, which are used to talk about someone, not with them.

I have literally never seen anybody use customized second person pronouns (although of course honorifics are traditional — try refusing to address a judge in court as "your honor" because you don't want to remember their honorific).

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