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252: imagine all the tags sitting neglected in inboxes for this

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this is very true. i feel like in most imperialist western countries, this argument gets quickly shut down, but in reality, outside of those countries, we're out here advocating for basic rights still. there needs to be a sense of priority.

nothing wrong with neo-pronouns, but it's evolving a movement that hasn't even been generally accepted yet. a lot of privileged people don't know how advocacy works, it takes certain steps.

privilege is when you think uwuself is stupid

but real privilege is trolling on topics like this ;)

not hating on neo-pronouns but they don't have a place in advocacy yet. and prob won't for a long time...

they'll probably die off as a thing before then, because they're not as practical to everyday life as, say, civil rights

there will never be legitimate advocacy for the right to annoy and harass your peers into remembering unique nonsense grammar for your special use

if you have to use poopself or whatever and you're not just trolling then you need to seek psychological help and it has nothing to do with your gender identity

valid, i feel there could be growth there one day once there are civil rights for trans people, but for now it's just not helpful. the internet doesn't help anyone walk that line.

genuinely do not understand the point of neo pronouns because “they” is already gender neutral. i kind of get the x set since it is a recognizable gender but then there’s the faeself neo pronouns which make me side eye because it sounds like they’re claiming to be fae, which makes me think they’re otherkin trying to still legitimize themselves.

tbh my main issue with neopronouns is i can understand the argument against 'they' as a pronoun since it is too general, but i can't understand the need for overly specific fae/faeself/uwuself kind of pronouns just because you're not on the same particular nb spectrum as this other nb, especially if it's something that changes on a whim for some people. Like just trying to get people to accept transwomen as women is hard enough, if you include having to remember if the person identifies as 'she/xie/zher/etc" only to find out they switched pronouns three months later will make people even more resistent especially if they're just some rando they don't care about. It is even worse if that person then gets mad that people get it wrong, because now it falls into the level of demanding and entitled instead of advocacy.

It doesn't help that some people insist on pronouns like 'It' which is connected to non-living things for the average person so it sounds dehumanizing, and it starts to seep into being less about gender identity and more about whether or not they even identity as human in the first place.

yeah, this. it just feels like a small number of people are exploiting the good will of others to feel their parasitic validation wants. over uwuself. fuck off.

but neopronouns make me feel even more special and unique and it's an easy route to my oppression olympics gold medal if everyone forgets my pronouns are ___/___/___self (pronounced by an exactly one second-long pause)

this. "they" is a perfectly serviceable gender-neutral pronoun that has been in existence for ages. it encompasses agender, bigender, genderfluid, female, and male people. anything beyond that is just someone wanting to be a special snowflake.

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