RMS' entire post about gender pronouns is weird [1] > There are those who claim that we have an obligation to refer to someone using whatever pronouns person m

RMS' entire post about gender pronouns is weird [1] > There are those who claim that we have an obligation to refer to someone using whatever pronouns person might choose. I disagree with that position, on grounds of principle and grounds of practice. I think we should respect other people's gender identification, but which pronouns we use for any particular gender identification is a separate matter — a matter of grammar. We do not owe it to anyone to change our grammar according to per wishes. That's four lines after, saying we should all switch to his personal favourite pronouns: > Use the elegant gender-neutral pronouns "person", "per" and "pers". I'd be interested to her when RSM would not use someone's preferred pronoun and instead call them a 'perse'? 1: https://www.stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html https://www.stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html