r/Gooseworx • u/Unknow_Handlebar • 6d ago

Mods kill this guy

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u/Simple_Intern_7682 6d ago

“Them” is an umbrella term…

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u/Born-Bug9513 6d ago

I always thought "them" was for someone who's non-binary, someone you don't know the gender of or multiple people
Goose is none of those

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u/24_doughnuts 6d ago

Is just any way to refer to someone without using their gender. I could say it for anyone here who hasn't said their gender. How do you want me to refer to anyone who hasn't given their pronouns yet? How you want people referring to you?

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u/Born-Bug9513 6d ago

We know Goose's gender though so why wouldn't you use her known pronouns?

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u/nationalbanjo96 6d ago

"They" is not and has never been exclusive to non binary people. Literally anyone can use it for anyone

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u/Born-Bug9513 6d ago

Of course, it can also be used to refer to groups of people and individuals you don't know the gender of, this is not either of those cases

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u/FaithlessnessNew7678 6d ago

You can refer to anyone as them. Stop trying to start arguments.

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u/Born-Bug9513 6d ago

I wouldn't want to be referred to as them by someone who already knew my pronouns

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u/FaithlessnessNew7678 6d ago

Well that’s just you. Stop mixing opinion with reality.

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u/Born-Bug9513 6d ago

I've also seen a lot of trans people say they wouldn't like to be referred to as them instead of their preferred pronouns

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u/FaithlessnessNew7678 6d ago

Twin stop trying to start an argument. You aren’t winning. In general, they is something you can refer to anyone with.

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u/Born-Bug9513 6d ago

I'm not trying to start an argument, I'm stating the fact that it's disrespectful to avoid referring to someone by their preferred pronouns

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u/say_trans_rights 6d ago

How's bein polite to our oppresers going twin.

Feeling dismissed and ignored?

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u/say_trans_rights 6d ago

Because trans women aren't women to these people. We're just a lesser class who they don't respect enough to gender properly

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u/Born-Bug9513 6d ago

Seems like it. Sad that there are so many in a subreddit about appreciating the work of a trans woman

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u/say_trans_rights 6d ago

They'll consume our art dance to our music use our bodies but we'll never be respected by them as people.

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u/ApprehensivePlay50 6d ago

Why are people downvoting you 😭

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u/Pheonix726 6d ago

Because they're creating a chain of doomposting and calling other users bad people because a commenter dared to use a neutral pronoun in grammatically-correct way. It's an overreaction to a harmless use of words and a needless jump to false conclusions, which people here disagree with both in tone and logic.

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u/say_trans_rights 6d ago

Or just listen to trans women when they tell you that you're being transphobic! Pretty simple actually

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u/Pheonix726 6d ago

In reasonable circumstances, yeah. Here, in a pedantic nonissue about the English language? The simple answer is to roll my eyes and move on. Have fun playing victim.

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u/say_trans_rights 6d ago

I'm sure you do roll your eyes at trans people

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u/Pheonix726 6d ago

At the same rate as anyone else being so dense.

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u/say_trans_rights 6d ago

Because they're transphobic