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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm as liberal as they come and I think this is mind-bogglingly ridiculous. [/quote]

Well that's because the OP misstated the law.  Penalty up to $125,000 is to cover any and all acts of discrimination.  So you are not going to get a $125,000 fine for one time referring to a person this way.  If you make a person's life a living hell, then maybe you will get a decent fine.[/quote] If someone using the pronoun of your biological sex instead o zhir or she causes your life to be a "living hell" then you are in need of some extreme psychotherapy.  Someone could call me any pronoun they want and I assure you my life would not be a living hell.[/quote]
So, you--a female in this scenario--work in your office for 5 years. Every day for five years, you encounter a certain coworker several times. During each encounter, this coworker goes out of his way to call you "he," "sir," or "him." You've asked him repeatedly not to, and he continues to do so. Pointedly. And nastily.

This wouldn't hurt you at all? Wouldn't damage you at all? Because this is what we're talking about. [/quote]

Big difference. The co-worker is correct. In the scenario you describe, "I" am wrong.[/quote]
In my scenario above, you're a biological female, but that doesn't matter. It's about respect, that's all. I feel sorry for you that you don't see it that way. [/quote]

You are not "respecting" someone when you go along with their delusions, just for the sake of being nice. The person ("I" in your scenario) needs serious help, not mute enablers.[/quote]
I'm honestly trying to understand this point of view, so I'm sorry if it comes off as brusque: it sounds like you're saying, then, that you'd harass a person with (in your view) a mental disorder? If you believe that being transgender is a mental problem, using the non-preferred pronoun on purpose seems like harassment. [/quote]

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