I still donāt get why people have such an issue calling people what they want to be called.
Why?
Normally Iām the type to wax philosophical for a few paragraphs about what the heck may be going on in their heads, but honestly I think itās assholes being proud to be assholes. Punching down just feels so good. That and people who are suffering enough that they donāt care about others, but donāt realize they need to work on their mental health. Or theyāve been conditioned to see doing that as a character flaw or weakness. And of course the snowball effect of those people raising the next generation of assholes, building up some inertia behind the generational trauma.
Because underlying it all, regardless of which impactful arguments they think they are making or refuting, they just donāt want to be nice to people that are different.
Fair enough. I honestly just think they canāt see the forest because of all the trees in the way.
Theyāll cry foul on someone insisting on being called by they/them pronouns, arguing that itās an incorrect usage of they/them, or whatever the argument of the week is, then immediately use they/them pronouns for an individual in a different context without batting an eye, or even realizing what theyāve done.
Normally Iām the type to wax philosophical for a few paragraphs about what the heck may be going on in their heads, but honestly I think itās assholes being proud to be assholes. Punching down just feels so good. That and people who are suffering enough that they donāt care about others, but donāt realize they need to work on their mental health. Or theyāve been conditioned to see doing that as a character flaw or weakness. And of course the snowball effect of those people raising the next generation of assholes, building up some inertia behind the generational trauma.
Because underlying it all, regardless of which impactful arguments they think they are making or refuting, they just donāt want to be nice to people that are different.
Fair enough. I honestly just think they canāt see the forest because of all the trees in the way.
Theyāll cry foul on someone insisting on being called by they/them pronouns, arguing that itās an incorrect usage of they/them, or whatever the argument of the week is, then immediately use they/them pronouns for an individual in a different context without batting an eye, or even realizing what theyāve done.
Ignorance and hypocrisy.