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by itsabug 1542 days ago
Right? We already do this with names. "Please don't call me Bill, I prefer William". Ok, I'll call that person William. It'd be an asshole move to deliberately call them Bill.

Using someone's correct pronouns is the same. If they say, "use x not y" it's an asshole move to deliberately not use x.