Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoMissouri Bill Makes Teachers Sex Offenders If They Accept Trans Kids' Pronounswww.riverfronttimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1560arrow-down19
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minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down12·7 months agoDevils advocate here, in some places, deliberately using the wrong pronouns with the intention to harm someone would be hate speech. So flip it around, using the preferred pronouns is considered an attack on the child and/or their shitty parents.
minus-squarearthurpizza@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 months ago preferred pronouns is considered an attack on the child If the child doesn’t want to be called that it’s not their preferred pronoun.
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoCall the child what they prefer, and the parents object and claim you are harming them.
Devils advocate here, in some places, deliberately using the wrong pronouns with the intention to harm someone would be hate speech.
So flip it around, using the preferred pronouns is considered an attack on the child and/or their shitty parents.
If the child doesn’t want to be called that it’s not their preferred pronoun.
Call the child what they prefer, and the parents object and claim you are harming them.