this stems from another conversation on this site.
a commenter used the pronoun "they" because they didn't know the gender. Commenter could have looked at an inactives users profile to see the pronouns were she/her, but they didn't.
So the question is: is it wrong to use pronoun "they" when you simply don't know or needed to know the gender? I was told that "liberals" use it aggressively/offensively to trans people, but most liberals i know aren't smart enough to know about pronouns and how to use them properly.
I've been using "they" to admit gender ignorance all the fuckin time so im just trying to see if im wrong or not. Because ive never heard of this before. and i thought this site had told me everything by now lol
edit: thank you all for the comments. ill certainly try to remember to check pronouns of inactive accounts before i talk about them, but we need to be able to debate from a reasonable position and jumping to "HOW DARE YOU SAY THEY YOU LIB" isn't going to do shit. Lenin created schools to educate workers, Hexbear is our school. and i fucking love this school.
It depends on the context imo
If they know your pronouns but insist on saying the wrong one even after being reminded then yeah they're being a shithead.
Otherwise it's just a polite way of being like "IDK your pronouns please feel free to tell me"
the only thing that happened here is someone didnt click a link to an inactive users profile to see the gender first. which is nothing in my eyes. someone defaulting to a neutral ignorance and admitting it shouldnt be offensive.