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@ong's wall of text
All this changing of the subject. All this energy to defend ignorant people's irrational fears. All this energy spent on what amounts to justifying the continued mistreatment of a minority group that is, at its core, just people being people. All this BS about laws and bathrooms and sports and other distractions from the point.
All that is stuff you've brought up, not me. All of that is your incomprehensible counter to my statement, "Don't treat someone like a jerk unless they're being a jerk." How can you even honestly argue with that sentiment in good faith?
You're not that guy, ong. I'm not friends with people like that, and I think I know you well enough by now.
You say I'm usually rational, but now I'm just trying to accommodate your speculations and questions in an area which I have no expertise. I'm not a lawyer or politician or psychologist or historian, and you're asking me how to solve greater social problems than just your and my personal choices and behaviors. Obv. I'm not trained in any of this, so my answers can't be good. But again, none of that is my point.
Please don't conflate my lack of expertise in these areas to mean I'm being irrational. You're dragging me off topic, and frankly, it feels like you're just trying to find any excuse to not grow or learn or recognize that there are enough problems in the world without adding on irrational jerk behaviors into someone else's life.
My original point was just to accept what people tell you about who they are and to not be a jerk to someone who's not being a jerk to you. That's my point. If someone says, "I'm gender non-binary, please use they/them pronouns for me." and you respond, "I can't even tell what gender you are." That's rude. Their gender is non-binary, which they just told you, and your opinion about how they look is shallow.
If you don't want to talk to them, well, that's a separate question. If you simply choose to continue to call them something they don't want to be called, then that's grade-school level bullying shenanigans. Well, grow up. Stop being a jerk to people who aren't being a jerk to you. Just call Jeff, Jeff and call Steve, Steve. You already just call people what they tell you to call them, so just extend that skill you already have onto pronouns. It's minimal effort for you and it makes other people not feel like shit.
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