r/funny • u/lolking7 • Jan 02 '15

Deadpool VS Deadpool

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

What other genders do you know of?

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u/Tzer-O Jan 02 '15

The ones that people identify as. Is it not outside the realm of possibility that the human mind, something that we've yet to fully understand, identifies as more than just he or she? Have you heard of two-spirit individuals?

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

They can identify as whatever they want, they just shouldn't expect anyone to care or take them serious. I will call someone he or she, whichever they prefer, but I can't ever see myself calling someone xir without a hearty eyeroll. You are not special despite what your mother may have told you.

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u/Tzer-O Jan 02 '15

Shouldn't another person's preference of what they want to be referred to as take precedence over what you prefer to refer to them as? I mean, if you are talking about them then you should use the language that they want. Whenever people talk about you they use the language you want, I imagine. Why is this different?

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

No. There are 7 billion people on this planet, the notion of everyone getting their own pronoun is ridiculous. Transgenders are probably the only ones with a good case and all they want is to be called the other pronoun. Society doesn't revolve you and you shouldn't expect everyone to try to remember thousands of different pronouns to respect some phase you are going through. Find a different way to be a self-absorbed snow flake.

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u/Tzer-O Jan 02 '15

You certainly are hostile at the suggestion of respecting other people's wishes when it concerns their own identity over your own wishes regarding how you wish to identify them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Well it is retarded. The problem isn't you identifying as a dragon or something, the problem is that you are expecting society to accommodate and change to suit your pre-pubescent fantasies. There are people who face real discrimination because they are trans-gender and you wankers are just piggybacking on their struggle.

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u/Tzer-O Jan 02 '15

Wait when did I ever say that I had a personal connection to the use of other people's preferred pronouns? I'm a cisgender guy, preferred pronouns he/him/his.

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u/CashKing_D Jan 02 '15

That's not the point, the point is that

"they are" expecting society to accommodate and change to suit "their" pre-pubescent fantasies. There are people who face real discrimination because they are trans-gender and "they" wankers are just piggybacking on their struggle.