6-I think we see the problems with this. But I will add one mind-blowing statement about my own beliefs….
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7-It may surprise
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8-…or rather I should say that I don’t believe in “gender” in any way that isn’t 100% performative and decision based.
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9-a little like atheists only believe in “God” as a construction of the believer’s culture and will. Consider me a gender-atheist.
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10-In fact the religion-atheist analogy is instructive if
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11-Imagine I converted to Odinism, saying that it was Odin, not Jesus, who died for our sins with no other change in belief or behavior.
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12-then I got angry at Contra for not auto-updating my religious conversion and rolling his eyes at the change (as I am sure he would)
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13-This is ridiculous but it illustrates my point
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14-namely that the type of deference
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15-It frankly leaves me wondering how much of progressive identity culture is just an excuse to be passive aggressive.
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My pronouns are listed in my profile. Trans people do this to make it as easy as possible for people to get it right.
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I've also discussed this at length. If you genuinely didn't know that, then you say, "sorry, I didn't realize."And you use "she" from now on
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it's simply not that complicated or demanding
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