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by diminoten 2443 days ago
How would refusing to use requested pronouns be avoiding? In what way could what I said be interpreted to mean refusal?

It's not clear if speaking in passive voice will be acceptable on SE come October 10th.

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Sorry I just don't know what your original comment meant and was trying to understand it better.
Honestly, I think you do.
Hey if you're on the front lines of all this i get not taking what i'm saying at face value, but for what it's worth i am just trying to understand.

I think you're asking if submissions to SE will (or will not) be permitted to dodge the identity issue by writing in a way that avoids pronouns.

This just seems so over the top to me that it's hard to believe, which is why I also included another option. I wouldn't call it 'refusing' as much as 'not bothering to do the legwork for every party you refer to in your content'. Which is, of course, also onerous but possibly a bit less so.

What's over the top about writing in passive voice?
Hey I appreciate you hanging in there but i think we’re on two different wavelengths and aren’t communicating well. I don’t know what passive voice has to do with avoiding pronouns, you can write active and passive with and without. But let’s call it even its been a long day. Take care.
It's easier to write without pronouns in passive voice. "The ball was kicked" vs. "he kicked the ball".

And no, I'd rather not call it even, not after you slip in with a, "you're wrong but I don't want to talk about it, bye!"