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You cannot compel people to talk in a certain way. To do so is totalitarian and evil.
by baggy_trough 7y ago
You cannot compel people to talk in a certain way. To do so is totalitarian and evil.
- adrianN 7y agoThis is clearly wrong as we already compel people to be reasonably respectful to each other even in lawful neutral countries.
- DanBC 7y ago> You cannot compel people to talk in a certain way. To do so is totalitarian and evil. I don't understand this argument in the context of an employer / employee relationship. Employers tell employees how to respond to clients all the time.
- henrikschroder 7y agoIf we work in the same place and if I consistently and intentionally call you a different name than your actual name, I'm harassing you, I'm bullying you, and if the place we work at has decent HR policies, I will get fired. So I am absolutely compelled to call you your actual name, I'm compelled to talk in a certain way if I want to keep my job, and this isn't totalitarian or evil, it's simply having manners and treating each other with respect.
- sverhagen 7y agoAgreed entirely with this. But it's also just an evolving social norm that these HR rules are based on. (As a few generations back, I assume, males got away with maybe calling their female colleagues "missy".) So, with that, I'm just curious where the average HR stands on pronouns.