• hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    No bigotry means throwing out people who deadname and misgender trans people. It means telling that racist or sexist to shut the fuck up and if they do it again they’re out.

    I don't think this is the best way to get otherwise well-meaning people to reconsider whatever types of bigotry they're still expressing. If they're just some chud stirring up shit, sure, bully the hell out of them. But for everyone else it's usually more effective to educate them a bit and point out a better approach. Most people don't have One True Leftist syndrome and are willing to learn. That willingness to learn will disappear, though, if instead of teaching them we lead with "shape up or fuck off."

      • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        There’s a difference between someone making an honest mistake or not understanding something because of the culture they grew up in and someone refusing to respect someone else’s pronouns because they “don’t get it”.

        :100-com:

        • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          My most effective tool for that is the "how does it hurt you to not use someone's preferred pronouns?" approach. Because it's really hard to come up with a negative answer to that that doesn't make someone sound like an asshole.

          And people generally don't want to be thought of as an asshole.