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Originally Posted by Jester
I've had this question for a bit and I just want to see what others think about it:
Why is the preferred pronoun thing such a massive deal? When you are talking to a person the only pronoun you use is the gender neutral "You". The only time someones preferred pronouns would come into play is when you are talking ABOUT someone, right? So then it becomes an issue of respecting someone when they aren't around, which you really ought to do I guess, but it kind of comes of as presumptive that you will be the topic of discussion when not around.
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Because, it signals that person is a self-obsessed attention whore, who wants to
DICTATE you how you should treat them. Basically an abuser, who wants to use you as a tool for their self-gratification. And I hate people like that, as any other normal person.
Or they are just mentally ill, which is basically the same. And you don't pander to mentally ill - it'll make their sickness even worse.