Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Re:Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadca... by bastardoperator on Monday January 03, 2022 @02:54PM (#29785686)

I don't know about everyone else but I've been using non-gendered pronouns my entire life. I was taught words like "they" and "them" in first or second grade. At this point I just assume anyone bothered by this is the actual narcissist.

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Re:Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadca... by AlexandrB on Monday January 03, 2022 @03:23PM (#29786239)

> They/them is extremely unnatural in American English to refer to a singular person who you’ve seen in person. It requires mental effort and it’s just plain silly.

They/them is almost always appropriate english when the gender of the person being spoken of is unknown. They only change in thinking required is to let go of the assumption that you can determine someone's gender from looking at them or reading their name.

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Re:Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadca... by lazyasciiart on Monday January 03, 2022 @03:13PM (#29786056)

Are you saying that anyone nonbinary should get therapy to get over the idea of being nonbinary?

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