Fighting trolls should not be done by invalidating neopronouns, speak to anyone that uses neopronouns and they’ll likely tell you that it quickly cascades into witch hunting.
Not sure I agree as it seems like black and white thinking.
I.e. I could imagine a scenario where someone is very obviously/admits to using neopronouns disingenuously and that would break my social contract with them to honour it.
If I make an assessment of neopronoun usage on a case by case basis I can still avoid witch hunts. It’s similar to how I determine in real life if someone is an asshole or not.
Another way; I can support a person who I genuinely believe uses neopronouns while denouncing and excluding someone who doesn’t.
It is a very tricky slope. It’s best to never compromise on neopronoun usage even with suspected trolls, they can be discredited without erasing the pronouns.
Fighting trolls should not be done by invalidating neopronouns, speak to anyone that uses neopronouns and they’ll likely tell you that it quickly cascades into witch hunting.
Ada how many accounts do you have?
What do you mean? My name’s not Ada, and I have 2, this one and the Hexbear version under the same name.
Yeah this is why people are leaving, you think they are stupid and it’s insulting.
Ada & Cowbee are not the same person, so who’s stupid now?
Legitimately what are you talking about? Who is Ada?
It’s just basic maffs, Cowbee:
Oh, that’s funny. Pretty sure Ada would hate me for being a Marxist, so that’s especially strange.
Is it still invalidating when someone using neopronouns is doing so disingenuously?
Again, invalidating neopronouns is a cascading issue that results in witch-hunting and should be avoided.
Not sure I agree as it seems like black and white thinking.
I.e. I could imagine a scenario where someone is very obviously/admits to using neopronouns disingenuously and that would break my social contract with them to honour it.
If I make an assessment of neopronoun usage on a case by case basis I can still avoid witch hunts. It’s similar to how I determine in real life if someone is an asshole or not.
Another way; I can support a person who I genuinely believe uses neopronouns while denouncing and excluding someone who doesn’t.
It is a very tricky slope. It’s best to never compromise on neopronoun usage even with suspected trolls, they can be discredited without erasing the pronouns.