CuteSlytherin wrote:Claire wrote:
it clearly is not a valid thing and is meant to mock transgender people : / nobody is actually using emoji as pronouns, they're mocking the concept of pronouns which is mean.
though tbh, I think people fuss to much about it
I mean, maybe I only have the wrong insight on it, but what bothers me so much, is that even with the new modified and generally matching pronouns, we restrict people to say and think of others the way we see them
for instance, I'm super ok with someone saying, that this person want's to be talked to as "them", but going around and saying them to everyone is just strange
plus, I think people start overreacting when talked to with the wrong pronoun. it really isn't as if you have your preferred pronoun tattooed on your front
people still have these thoughts about how it should be, no matter what "it" is and get angry or upset if someone uses it wrong
that even one time went so far, that someone was discussing with me over the fact that I can't say of myself that I'm a student (as opposed to explicitly female student, the example is from the German language) even though I'm a girl who identifies herself as female as "extremely" as they can be. and I was told I wasn't allowed to use the neutral expression, as it is the male one as well because I clearly think of myself as female
(hope that wasn't to weirdly put)
I think there's probably a debate to be had there and you're making some valid points but I think this emoji thing is just mean. : (