> If I'm talking about someone, I get to choose how to do it. I can refer to someone as a fool, as "that tall blonde girl", or as "the guy with the huge beard f

> If I'm talking about someone, I get to choose how to do it. I can refer to someone as a fool, as "that tall blonde girl", or as "the guy with the huge beard from the grocery store". None of these people get to police my speech about them. I was curious about the legal situation w.r.t. forcing use of preferred pronouns. Apparently the U.S. government currently cannot do that [0], but Ireland is the opposite [1]. I'm unclear what the current situation is regarding employer-enforced pronoun usage, particularly in at-will-employment states. IIUC (and that's a big "if"), it's a messy legal topic because of competing protected classes. [0] https://www.heritage.org/gender/commentary/the-6th-circuit-reached-the-right-conclusion-preferred-pronouns-other-courts https://www.heritage.org/gender/commentary/the-6th-circuit-r... [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-ireland-teacher/fact-check-irish-teacher-enoch-burke-was-jailed-for-contempt-of-court-idUSL1N30D1J7 https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-ireland-teacher/fa...