The virtual school says its hands are tied due to Florida’s “don’t say gay” law. However, the teacher has lodged a complaint against it.

  • @ABCDE
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    -111 months ago

    That the thread exists shows that there are downsides (to expand upon what I meant). I would say my perspective is that if you remove the barriers we have imposed upon ourselves, there is less to divide. Removal of gendered labelling for bathrooms, and making Mr/Ms/Miss/Mrs (which is inherently biased against women) obsolete would allow for names to take precedence instead of your ‘status’.

    • @[email protected]
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      The existence of the thread is not an argument. Thats just intellectually dishonest. You wouldn’t tolerate such lazy argumentation from someone who says that they want to impose gendered titles, and the existence of a thread discussing it is “proof” enough.

      You’ve now provided a different argument: you claim it removes divisions. Except this is very divisive. Just leave people alone: let people use their gendered titles, and let others not use them!

      • @ABCDE
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        -111 months ago

        How so? Someone was fired over their usage of Mx. How is removing gendered titles divisive?

        • @[email protected]
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          211 months ago

          You think that the answer to not allowing someone to use their preferred title is to not allow someone to use their preferred title?

          • @ABCDE
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            111 months ago

            Using neutral language, yes, like neutral bathrooms. The title is a way to be neither, and no title achieves the same result.

              • @ABCDE
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                111 months ago

                That’s a logical fallacy.

                  • @ABCDE
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                    111 months ago

                    Usage of ‘they’ has proliferated to the extent that most people seem to grasp its usage.