Is There a Polite Way to Handle the Pronoun Madness?
PJ Media,
by
Chris Queen
Original Article
Posted By: Hazymac,
5/28/2023 4:06:24 PM
One of the most maddening things about modern culture is the whole issue of pronouns. At the very least, it’s annoying that some people trumpet their pronouns, choosing to base their identity on how people address them when talking about them behind their backs. But it’s even worse the way some people freak out over people using the wrong pronouns as if other people have nothing better to do than keep up with what everybody’s pronouns are at any given moment.
Prounoun obsession is the ultimate form of narcissism; it’s entirely self-focused to think that everyone should bend to the whim of what you want to call yourself.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
formerNYer 5/28/2023 4:13:58 PM (No. 1479570)
Be polite? Why? They can all take a flying leap off the nearest bridge.
Follow the science.
XX - Woman
XY - Male
Any questions?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Scrubber 5/28/2023 4:31:36 PM (No. 1479582)
Easy. Ignore that…thing.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Ashley Brenton 5/28/2023 4:33:50 PM (No. 1479583)
Polite way? Yes. Move to West Virginia. It is still 1982 in large parts of the state. Try Hinton out. County seat, barely 2000 people live there. Absolutely charming.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
snakeoil 5/28/2023 4:36:41 PM (No. 1479586)
Don't use pronouns. Only amateur nouns.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Sandbar 5/28/2023 4:47:24 PM (No. 1479591)
It's all BS but if you need something to use. Y'all is the perfect. Y'all is singular, Y'all is plural, Y'all is Feminine, Y'all is Masculine.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Historybuff 5/28/2023 4:52:04 PM (No. 1479592)
Thank you for telling me, but I am not joining your cult.
I prefer proper grammar.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
stevendm 5/28/2023 5:08:51 PM (No. 1479598)
I just tell them that the words coming out of my mouth are my words, not theirs. My use of pronouns refers to biological sex (only two) and not to some gender nonsense that has no meaning.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bkt23 5/28/2023 5:54:48 PM (No. 1479602)
If I see pronouns in parentheses after your name, I won't associate or work with you. That's because you're a moron. That's as polite as I get.
Tolerance is waning.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
WWIIDaughter 5/28/2023 5:58:51 PM (No. 1479606)
The next thing will be requiring all employees to wear rainbow badges. The polite response to insanity is 'No, but thanks for asking."
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
TarAndFeathers 5/28/2023 6:02:09 PM (No. 1479607)
She, Her.
He, Him.
It, It.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Ashley Brenton 5/28/2023 6:04:19 PM (No. 1479608)
No. Polite left the station hours ago. Now? You have to show me the absence or presence of human reproductive matter.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Catherine 5/28/2023 6:34:23 PM (No. 1479613)
# 5 - I've pretty much lost my southern accent but I never lost the "ya'll" part. I had a co-worker from New York who thought it was a horrible word, but then she'd say "not for nothin....."
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bpl40 5/28/2023 6:35:30 PM (No. 1479614)
XX or XY. It’s ‘settled science’!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
padiva 5/28/2023 6:55:17 PM (No. 1479618)
#5 thanks for the idea.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 5/28/2023 7:03:44 PM (No. 1479622)
Nope. There are only two. XX and XY. Any deviations are genetic mistakes. The him/her/it/whatever are manufactured BS.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
joew9 5/28/2023 7:21:06 PM (No. 1479633)
So we're supposed to be concerned with being polite? They make no effort to be polite. They are rude, aggressive, obnoxious, bullies. They insist we learn thousands of idioglossias. Their demands are impossible and they know it. They demand it because they have been taught to hate us. They want to create excuses to punish us. Most of them are naïve and are being used by marxist who wish to destroy the family to create their imagined utopia. Even though after a century of oppression by their failed experiments they have never once created a utopia but rather only a murderous hell on Earth with a record of more than 100 million dead.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
mc squared 5/28/2023 7:27:55 PM (No. 1479635)
NO. Don't like what I call you , I've got a dog waste sandwich for you.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
udanja99 5/28/2023 7:30:44 PM (No. 1479636)
I’ve never had anyone tell me their pronouns but if I ever do, my response will be to laugh and tell them to get over themselves. If I’m ever asked for my pronouns, my answer will be F/U.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Califedup 5/28/2023 8:12:50 PM (No. 1479649)
No. No more politeness. We are at war. Speak to the Truth. No more compromise, We are at war for our very lives and those of our children and grandchildren. Do not ever compromise the Truth.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
chumley 5/28/2023 8:51:33 PM (No. 1479666)
#3, NO! We have too many townies moving here as it is. New York plates are a more and more common sight and its...disturbing. I never know who is going to get mugged. I've seen WV listed several places as the most miserable state to live in. Lets not make it any worse by inviting weirdos.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
rytwng 5/28/2023 9:41:15 PM (No. 1479700)
Their pronouns are all the same: PERVERTS
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
jayjeti 5/28/2023 11:59:25 PM (No. 1479769)
I responded to an ad to buy a truck by email and in the reply, next to the person's name, was (she, her), identifying the pronouns she used. What is wrong with the world? I honestly think it's the blind (gullible) following the mentally unstable.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
EQKimball 5/29/2023 2:04:39 AM (No. 1479793)
To each his own. I prefer to be addressed as Your Lordship.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 5/29/2023 2:14:20 AM (No. 1479799)
Sure there is. Ignore the silly crap.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
MissMann 5/29/2023 2:27:12 AM (No. 1479804)
I've decided not to play. But feel free to go ahead without me.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/29/2023 6:18:14 AM (No. 1479839)
No. Personally I find it amusing to watch people's heads explode over something this stupid. The pronoun crowd is much like the Walmart mask-wearing crowd was a couple of years ago or the anti-MAGA hat crowd a few years before that. Just smile and hope they throw a punch in your direction.
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It’s even easier than the author suggests. When addressing another person, one does not use a 3rd person pronoun. One uses the 2nd person. There is one and only one 2nd person pronoun in English—“you.” It is both singular and plural. When addressing any number of persons, whether cis, hetero, male, Dylan Mulvaney, or not, you call them “you.”
When refering to a third person, although not strictly proper English, you can call any number of people, of any gender(s), “they”. Proper grammar would require “he” or “she,” for singular if the gender is known, but “they” is common usage when gender is not known or not polite to mention.
Some languages have informal and formal second person pronouns, e.g. Spanish tu/vosotros vs. usted/ustedes or German du/ihr vs. Sie, for persons you know well vs. don’t know from Adam. This would be a handy feature in English.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Philipsonh 5/29/2023 7:50:13 AM (No. 1479870)
When an individual expects to be addressed as 'they', it is absolutely a confusion of the English language. So, THEY scored 29 points in the game last night, (but the TEAM actually scored 69 points ). How stupid that is. ( Whoever THAT is ? )
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
cor-vet 5/29/2023 8:27:40 AM (No. 1479896)
Here in the South, my children and grandchildren were taught to address adults as either 'sir' or 'ma-am', but we use poster#5's choice of words a lot, in casual conversations.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
chefrandy 5/29/2023 10:01:02 AM (No. 1479971)
This pronoun "status" has become the veganism of the 2020's. Those that feel the need to announce theirs are looking for attention but for me it's a neon flashing sign to not engage in the silliness because it's obnoxious. Kind of like with the vegans-my food eats your food for lunch response is as much respect as I have for said status.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
chance_232 5/29/2023 10:09:18 AM (No. 1479975)
Being "polite" has gotten us to where we are. In war, being polite is a weakness to be exploited.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/29/2023 11:06:02 AM (No. 1480017)
When I've been confronted with the Pronoun Morons I just tell them in addressing me the are required to use my Adjectives. I give them a clue, Handsome, Brilliant and there are 43 more. Once you GUESS all of them in the correct order I will use your Pronoun...never happens and they go away peeved and I have a great Day!!!
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
JimBob 5/30/2023 1:36:32 AM (No. 1480497)
An L-Dotter much smarter than me, some time ago explained that the correct applicable pronoun for these individuals is "She-He-It"... but you have to say it really fast.
2nd thought.... there was a Dilbert comic on this subject in which Dilbert's always-slacking coworker Wally says "I identify as a person who does not use correct pronouns."
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