The reason 'exit might have found it off-putting is because it's almost only the right wing crowd that chooses to use this term now (and only in critical contex

The reason 'exit might have found it off-putting is because it's almost only the right wing crowd that chooses to use this term now (and only in critical contexts). Take a 5-minute trip to freerepublic forums and you'll see what I mean. Small side note: Referring to Manning as 'he' in events she was involved in before Manning to choose to publicly make a switch shouldn't be an issue -- that's something Manning herself suggested actually. So for the grandparent post to have used the 'he' pronoun would not have been an issue at all.