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minus-squareExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-211 days agoI think OP meant you using the wrong pronoun when talking to someone who would rather you didn’t is akin to imprisoning that someone in a burka. Which clearly is something someone in the first world without too many problems in life would say.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 days agoOh, maybe I misunderstood. If that’s the case, I guess that’s at least a more accurate comparison than what I thought they meant. I thought they meant that someone asking them to use a preferred pronoun was like forcing them to wear a burka.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoNope, OP said that making someone use a pronoun is akin to demanding a burka
minus-squareExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoWell, either way, it’s not really worth thinking about for more than 10 seconds, because quite frankly the parallel is pretty fucking dumb.
I think OP meant you using the wrong pronoun when talking to someone who would rather you didn’t is akin to imprisoning that someone in a burka.
Which clearly is something someone in the first world without too many problems in life would say.
Oh, maybe I misunderstood. If that’s the case, I guess that’s at least a more accurate comparison than what I thought they meant.
I thought they meant that someone asking them to use a preferred pronoun was like forcing them to wear a burka.
Nope, OP said that making someone use a pronoun is akin to demanding a burka
Well, either way, it’s not really worth thinking about for more than 10 seconds, because quite frankly the parallel is pretty fucking dumb.