Oddbean

Everyone agreeing here is fucking retarded. Pronouns show they’ll gladly turn you in for not wearing a mask. Pronouns show they’ll gladly take your children away for not taking their forced medical coercion. Pronouns show they’ll lie to themselves and the world that men can be women and want to force you into their humiliation ritual. The pronoun people are the Bolshevik police and they would gladly murder 30mm Christians again.

I can attest that those things are not true for all of the folks who use pronouns. There may be a strong overlap between pronoun use and all the positions you mention, but in the end ppl have a right to put whatever they want after their names (or not, which is a fight that *is* in fact worth having).

Umm - wow. No, I just believe in free expression, even for folks that I don't agree with. Even for folks who respond to strangers on the internet with categorical statements and crazy accusations. I know some people who think they should be able to force others to use pronouns, and they are probably also the ones who would turn us in for not wearing masks, etc. I agree with you that the Venn diagram for those (who insist everyone use pronouns) and all the things you listed is probably an almost complete overlap. I'm in an organizational fight with one of those people right now. Giving in on this question feels almost existential to me - if I use pronouns to make other people safer, I'm part of a very serious problem. So I'm willing to fight on my right to *not* use them. But it's none of my business if they chose to use them. (And I also know some who use pronouns because they have been convinced that by doing so they're helping trans people. They either haven't thought much about it or are afraid of backlash within their social group. Off the top of my head I can think of at least half a dozen ppl I know in this category.)

K. I agree with free speech and I never said they can’t use pronouns. I just highlighted what they mean considering Derik was all “it’s never harmed anyone.” Well the pronoun people are secret police and they murdered 30mm Christians in Russia alone.