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.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    284·
    9 days ago

    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.

    • shani66@ani.social
      5·
      8 days ago

      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.

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        41·
        8 days ago

        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.