• The Center Square: Federal employees reportedly told to remove pronouns from email signatures.
  • @feedum_sneedson
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    15 hours ago

    It says email signatures.

    And good; it’s ridiculous, virtue-signalling bullshit and you’ve got to let it go.

    • partial_accumen
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      29 hours ago

      And good; it’s ridiculous, virtue-signalling bullshit and you’ve got to let it go.

      You’re expressing a VERY strong negative reaction on words in an email signature. Why are you so threatened by what someone puts in their email signature? How does it challenge or change what you are that you’ve put so much thought into it to get this angry about it?

      • @feedum_sneedson
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        Because it’s very, very silly identity politics and the majority of people agree. You’ve got to let it go and focus on important things, like the insane and ever-increasing wealth inequality.

    • @[email protected]
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      1315 hours ago

      You fuckers need to let your vice-signaling go. Funny how “freedom” to ignore pronouns quickly gives way to banning them. The only freedom you guys seem to care about is the freedom to be ignorant pieces of shit.

      • @feedum_sneedson
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        5 hours ago

        Yeah, turns out reality is more nuanced than that.

    • @mercano
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      It’s useful for people with unisex names like Taylor, Chris, or Jordan, especially in email, where you may not have any face-to-face contact.

      • partial_accumen
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        37 hours ago

        Or for people with names from cultures not associated with English naming standards such as Chinese or Indian cultures working in western companies or governments.

        Pop quiz anti-pronouners! 星辰 Xīng Chén, girl or boy? 美莉 Měi Lì, girl or boy?? Would you like to buy a pronoun now?

        • @feedum_sneedson
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          05 hours ago

          The first is male, the second is female, but I study Chinese so that’s not very fair of me.

    • @[email protected]
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      I’m been told that it is not just virtue-signaling (it is), but that it is also a virtue (allyship) in action. Normalizing sharing that information make it easier for people that have a more complex relationship wither their gender than I do.