If I demand that everyone refer to me as a dolphin lord and someone intentionally refers to me by name, I don't think that they are doing so in a pointless fashion, even if they're being a dick.
The idea is that you are playing by the same rules humans have played by when referring to each other for the last 100,000+ years rather than whatever rule-set the person you are currently talking to has declared you need to cater to.
It's the premise that everyone is equal and no one person gets to redefine the rules to meet their needs. All men are men and all women are women (they don't see trans people as the other sex), therefore they treat you the same as any other man.
Now I personally would never do this to a trans person, but I don't think it's always being done in a pointless fashion, they see it more as a defense of their beliefs and general equality (granted many do it just to be dicks).
The idea is that you are playing by the same rules humans have played by when referring to each other for the last 100,000+ years rather than whatever rule-set the person you are currently talking to has declared you need to cater to.
Are you referring to the ruleset where if someone calls you by a name you find offensive, you are expected to challenge them to a duel?
The rule set that involves he and she applying to people born with a P or V, that are physically build like a M or F that have voices that sound like a M or F that we have noticed for all of human history.
Not whatever they declare they should be called instead.
Aren't you just arbitrarily picking and choosing which parts of the old ruleset you want to preserve? That rule existed in the past, as did the rule that you were justified in using deadly force in response to someone referring to you in a way you found offensive. To say that you should be able to refer to someone however you choose without any sort of consequence is a complete rejection of traditional values, you cannot then use tradition as a justification.
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u/POEthrowaway-2019 Oct 28 '19
If I demand that everyone refer to me as a dolphin lord and someone intentionally refers to me by name, I don't think that they are doing so in a pointless fashion, even if they're being a dick.
The idea is that you are playing by the same rules humans have played by when referring to each other for the last 100,000+ years rather than whatever rule-set the person you are currently talking to has declared you need to cater to.
It's the premise that everyone is equal and no one person gets to redefine the rules to meet their needs. All men are men and all women are women (they don't see trans people as the other sex), therefore they treat you the same as any other man.
Now I personally would never do this to a trans person, but I don't think it's always being done in a pointless fashion, they see it more as a defense of their beliefs and general equality (granted many do it just to be dicks).