• refalo@programming.dev
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      7 months ago

      I have personally seen many instances of people getting banned or suspended from communities for either misgendering people (intentionally or not), or refusing to use their preferred pronouns.

      But due to a real concern of retaliation or getting banned here myself, I will not be providing specific examples.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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        7 months ago

        Sorry… that’s what you’re talking about? People being banned on internet forums? Big fucking deal.

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          7 months ago

          There are also real world instances of violence over the same things if you do a quick web search.

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            7 months ago

            Sorry, it’s not my job to prove your claims. If there are real world instances of violence, I’m sure you can provide them and show they were definitely unprovoked.

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      7 months ago

      You sound pretty ignorant. Intentionally misgendering someone at work would get you canned pretty fast at most corporate jobs.

      There’s no reason to reason not to just refer to people their gender identity but you are either lying or very unaware of corporate culture.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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        7 months ago

        You mean harassing someone at work will get you fired. That’s true no matter what type of harassment it is. That has nothing to do with pronouns. You could get fired for repeatedly calling someone at work a panda.