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by dcra 1840 days ago
Yeah, or we want to be treated like humans. Find a better heuristic.
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That exaggerated oppression claim only reinforces the heuristic. In reality, approximately 99% of the time people use the correct pronouns based on name and appearance. The remaining rare cases consist of honest mistakes (that can be politely corrected) or bullies (who the rest of us already denounce).