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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get that the fines seem extreme but, really, is it that hard to address someone how they wish to be addressed? Is it any skin off your nose? It may seem silly to some but... So what?[/quote]

NP here. This.

This isn't about bumping into someone on the street and accidentally saying "excuse me, sir" instead of "excuse me, madam" or something.

This is so that people can't be harassed at work and stuff.

OP wants to histrionically and irrationally pretend this is a bad thing and it's not. In my experience, the people who are the most against this sort of thing are the people who internally feel a lot of anguish about their own gender identity but felt they didn't have a choice but to pretend to be straight for life. Then they police others' gender identities and rail against any progress in society that would allow others the fluidity they felt they were denied.

OP, it's not too late to reach out to someone to get help for yourself.[/quote]

Yeah, but [b]is there a real need to invent new pronouns[/b]? Once the transition takes place, the person assumes an existing gender. Sort of.[/quote]

I guess so, if the people want them and feel they need them. Is there a real need to invent new words? Is there a real need to change everything because of progress? I'm sure you've seen the FB post that's going around about how different life was in 1915 from today. Lots of things change, almost everything about human society changes over time -- I don't know of any modern free society which has stayed the same for even a decade, let alone over a longer term.

Who does it hurt to let people pick their own pronouns? Nobody. Getting all flustered about it is silly.

I say that as a straight white lady who hasn't ever felt the need for different pronouns, but who doesn't see the need to take things away from minority and oppressed groups who are traditionally shat upon. They are people, too.[/quote]

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