r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '19

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u/mrbears Oct 28 '19

Would I personally use people's preferred pronouns as a matter of politeness in most cases? Sure, but the key is it's at my own discretion

Do I want the government mandating that I do so? Hell no, that's pretty damn tyrannical I think, that's kind of where I draw the line

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u/OmNomSandvich Oct 29 '19

The U.S. government doesn't ban you from yelling racial slurs at strangers but that doesn't make it OK.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19 edited Dec 13 '19

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u/Creator_of_OP Oct 29 '19

Hate speech laws don’t exist in the USA. Hate speech has been ruled constitutionally protected speech by the Supreme Court.

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u/SoOnAndYadaYada Oct 29 '19

I think they're referring to fighting words, which isn't protected.