This is becoming absurd

[weso1]

OP clearly failed to check his privilege.

 

[jpx7]

What the hell are we doing in this country?

LINK: Claims by transgender schoolteacher (who wants to be called ‘they’) yield $60,000 settlement, agreement to create disciplinary rules regulating ‘pronoun usage’

"But Soell’s complaint alleged that failure to use the terms was “harassment” and discrimination, which is forbidden in privately owned workplaces as well as governmental ones. The New York City guidance likewise applies to such privately owned workplaces. And when the government is acting as sovereign, telling us what we must or must not say on pain of coercively imposed legal liability, the First Amendment is at full force. That force, I think, should preclude government commands that we start using new words — or radical grammatical modifications of old, familiar words — that convey government-favored messages about gender identity or anything else."

OP clearly failed to check his privilege.

As I'm sure you both would've suspected, I am sympathetic to trans- community complaints, and the rights issues of marginalized communities generally. Having said that, the speech-policing really is reaching an unsavory level in a lot of corners, and—should it continue—is not a healthy trend. It's especially problematic on university campuses, where being forced to confront a wealth of ideas—even ideas with which one vehemently diverges—is massively important to intellectual/philosophical/spiritual development.

That's why—and I'm about to sneak in a soft boast, in case you need a #triggerwarning—I'm very proud that my alma mater (and former employer of our oft-vilified current President, no less) has taken a pretty hard line against this sort of discussion-crushing speech-policing, allowing some very politically unpopular (and I mean "politics" in the most broad and original sense) individuals, who were otherwise qualified or knowledgeable, to speak on campus despite pressure from various student advocacy groups.

 

[sturg33]

As I'm sure you both would've suspected, I am sympathetic trans- community complaints, and the rights issues of marginalized communities generally. Having said that, the speech-policing really is reaching an unsavory level in a lot of corners, and—should it continue—is not a healthy trend. It's especially problematic on university campuses, where being forced to confront a wealth of ideas—even ideas with which one vehemently diverges—is massively important to intellectual/philosophical/spiritual development.

That's why—and I'm about to sneak in a soft boast, in case you need a #triggerwarning—I'm very proud that my alma mater (and former employer of our oft-vilified current President, no less) has taken a pretty hard line against this sort of highly-limited speech-policing, allowing some very politically unpopular (and I mean "politics" in the most broad and original sense) individuals, who were otherwise qualified or knowledgeable, to speak on campus despite pressure from various student advocacy groups.

Agreed... I'm sympathetic to LGBT as well... but I'm not sympathetic to the attitude against anyone who's not sympathetic to LGBT... it's a slippery slope and we are really making it tough on people to have an opinion that is not consistent with this week's flavor of the week