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> that OP has esoteric stylistic preferences that are not transphobic but happen to be consistent with the language that transphobic people will use. Is there

by ng12 7y ago

> that OP has esoteric stylistic preferences that are not transphobic but happen to be consistent with the language that transphobic people will use. Is there a term for this? May I suggest "wrongthink by associaton"? Furthermore I suspect this is less about he/him vs she/hers but some of the more esoteric pronoun preferences.

alexwennerberg 7y ago
Singular they/them is not esoteric -- it is recognized by most major style guides, including the New York Times, the Associated Press, the Chicago Manual of Style, among others.
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- Kye 7y ago
  Especially since so many posts complaining about singular they use singular they. A few of them take a look at their own post, rethink it, and decide they're actually fine with it.
Freak_NL 7y ago
> Furthermore I suspect this is less about he/him vs she/hers but some of the more esoteric pronoun preferences. Is that the case here? I would think it is a bit too avantgardist to expect people to contort their sentences to include singular pronouns beyond he/she/they at this point. I get the impression that those esoteric made-up pronouns tend to be mostly used for straw-men arguments.
recycler02 7y ago
> "wrongthink by association" I think this is a fairly descriptive term. This happened fairly recently for me in another context. After I saw Star Wars Episode VIII, I let it be known that I thought it was a bad movie. In this cultural moment, some folks will take that innocent opinion from a lifelong Star Wars fan as a signifier of my stance in favor of every controversial thing that a terrible person who also disliked the movie said. It feels like everything is taken as a dog whistle.
- djsumdog 7y ago
  This exact same thing happened to me at a party. There is a very odd amount of belief around SW8 in terms of equality and rights. It doesn't really make a lot of sense; and feels similar to the way people think The Babadook is somehow related to coming out of the closet.

by ng12 7y ago

alexwennerberg 7y ago

Singular they/them is not esoteric -- it is recognized by most major style guides, including the New York Times, the Associated Press, the Chicago Manual of Style, among others.

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Kye 7y ago
Especially since so many posts complaining about singular they use singular they. A few of them take a look at their own post, rethink it, and decide they're actually fine with it.

Freak_NL 7y ago

> Furthermore I suspect this is less about he/him vs she/hers but some of the more esoteric pronoun preferences. Is that the case here? I would think it is a bit too avantgardist to expect people to contort their sentences to include singular pronouns beyond he/she/they at this point. I get the impression that those esoteric made-up pronouns tend to be mostly used for straw-men arguments.

recycler02 7y ago

> "wrongthink by association" I think this is a fairly descriptive term. This happened fairly recently for me in another context. After I saw Star Wars Episode VIII, I let it be known that I thought it was a bad movie. In this cultural moment, some folks will take that innocent opinion from a lifelong Star Wars fan as a signifier of my stance in favor of every controversial thing that a terrible person who also disliked the movie said. It feels like everything is taken as a dog whistle.

djsumdog 7y ago
This exact same thing happened to me at a party. There is a very odd amount of belief around SW8 in terms of equality and rights. It doesn't really make a lot of sense; and feels similar to the way people think The Babadook is somehow related to coming out of the closet.