And apparently, also when you think that ‘They’ is a perfectly serviceable gender-neutral singular pronoun, but are willing to use other pronouns if asked to.

EDIT: Other removable offenses on Blahaj now include questioning mod/admin decisions and quoting the modlog as a reason why you’re leaving.

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    9 days ago

    I think the only neo pronoun I know is xe/xir, even then I don’t know why you would use it above they/them

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      Some people don’t care for ‘they/them’ as singular neutral because they’re used to it as plural.

      Some people want a pronoun(s) specifically for NB identities, rather than a purely neutral pronoun.

      These are both valid, if contentious, points.

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        I don’t know about that first one, actually. Lots of people are used to objectively wrong or bad things, doesn’t mean those things are somehow right or good.

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          We define language by its usage, and there is definitely a significant subset of native English speakers who regard the usage of singular they as wrong.

          I mean, they’re WRONG, but I can only say so from the perspective of a fellow speaker according to my own thoughts and preferences; language doesn’t have an objective arbiter and I acknowledge that it is both widespread and not some inherently absurd notion.