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.

  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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    10 months ago

    i don't think its offensive, you have to use some pronoun when the gender isn't known and 'they' is considered gender neutral. I think its offensive when someone deliberately uses it despite knowing their pronouns.

    • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
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      10 months ago

      I think its offensive when someone deliberately uses it despite knowing their pronouns.

      for sure, and that's not what happened here.