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[quote=Anonymous]She sounded like a complainer the ACLU wanted to get rid of. They twisted her language to make it appear that it could be interpreted by some as racist, and used that as an excuse to fire her.

They are also hiding behind current "workplace standards" whatever that may mean legally:

"Terence Dougherty, the general counsel, said in an interview that standards of workplace conduct in 2024 have shifted, likening the case to someone who used the wrong pronouns in addressing a transgender colleague."

So if I accidentally call my trans colleague "her" when I mean "him," that verbal slip is so offensive in 2024 that I'm going to get fired?

I am a socialist, extremely lefty liberal, but this is what gives us lefties a bad name!!

I defend the right of racists to use racist language because I believe that impinging on the rights of others to use certain language impinges on my own rights to use countering language, and I want to be able to call someone "racist" without them accusing me of hurting their feelings. I also want to be able to say "her" or "him" when referring to a non-binary colleague, because, quite frankly, I've been using the word "they" as a plural pronoun for my entire life, and I forget from time to time that it's now a singular pronoun for some self-identified people, some of whom I don't know have so self-identified.

I don't want to offend anyone, but there should be space for sarcasm, verbal mistakes and critical language in a workplace, even if it ruffles some very delicate feathers simply because that same language "could" be interpreted by some as offensive and hurtful.

Ms. Oh sounds like an annoying, entitled employee, BTW. If she hated the ACLU so much, why didn't she leave and find a better workplace? And her Twitter post!?! I'd fire her for that. It's inexcusable.

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