• The Center Square: Federal employees reportedly told to remove pronouns from email signatures.
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    2 days ago

    It says email signatures.

    And good; it’s ridiculous, virtue-signalling bullshit and you’ve got to let it go.

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      You fuckers need to let your vice-signaling go. Funny how “freedom” to ignore pronouns quickly gives way to banning them. The only freedom you guys seem to care about is the freedom to be ignorant pieces of shit.

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      It’s useful for people with unisex names like Taylor, Chris, or Jordan, especially in email, where you may not have any face-to-face contact.

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        Or for people with names from cultures not associated with English naming standards such as Chinese or Indian cultures working in western companies or governments.

        Pop quiz anti-pronouners! 星辰 Xīng Chén, girl or boy? 美莉 Měi Lì, girl or boy?? Would you like to buy a pronoun now?

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      And good; it’s ridiculous, virtue-signalling bullshit and you’ve got to let it go.

      You’re expressing a VERY strong negative reaction on words in an email signature. Why are you so threatened by what someone puts in their email signature? How does it challenge or change what you are that you’ve put so much thought into it to get this angry about it?

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        Because it’s very, very silly identity politics and the majority of people agree. You’ve got to let it go and focus on important things, like the insane and ever-increasing wealth inequality.

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          24 hours ago

          Identity politics for email signatures? There was no federal policy around email signatures like this until folks like you decided to make it politics forcing removal.

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              19 hours ago

              Do you find my statement offensive? Are you not celebrating this new policy? How would you not be folks that share your mindset be like you?

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                18 hours ago

                I don’t know if celebrating is the right word. I’m not American and would never have voted for Trump, but in isolation this seems fairly benign and I think a majority of people will be glad to hear it. You might disagree, that’s fine, I’m not interested in an extended argument about it.

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      I’m been told that it is not just virtue-signaling (it is), but that it is also a virtue (allyship) in action. Normalizing sharing that information make it easier for people that have a more complex relationship with their gender than I do.