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Submitted by Tim Rouse (United States), Feb 10, 2022 at 10:19

I've never understood the use of this stuff. The only time a pronoun is used is when I am not present for the conversation. If that is the case, who cares? If I am present for the conversation, call me by my first name. If ever forced to submit to them for work, I intend to use me / my as my pronoun.

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	Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
	Linguist's response [76 words]	Peter	Jan 29, 2023 10:18	291793
1	Linguist's response [76 words]	Peter	Jan 28, 2023 11:02	291752
1	answer on pronouns [78 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	James Kahn	Mar 20, 2022 14:00	279421
1	Possible Explanation [112 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Gil	Mar 11, 2022 19:47	279314
2	"You seem like a tolerant person... [29 words]	Keith	Mar 1, 2022 00:30	279170
2	"I'm either a closet homosexual or what I look like." "And it's non of your Fxxxing business." [76 words]	Ludvikus	Feb 20, 2022 05:37	279065
2	Privacy v. Tolerance [292 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Ludvikus	Feb 20, 2022 05:21	279064
2	A Tit for Tat [16 words]	Renox	Mar 6, 2022 22:33	279064
2	Just call me "Stalin" [55 words]	Charles Martel	Feb 19, 2022 04:00	279057
2	Heshe and/or Shehe: A partial, simple, solution to a difficult issue. Also, Himher and/or Herhim. [182 words]	Ludvikus	Feb 18, 2022 11:26	279050
1	Here's another way to answer [17 words]	Anon	Feb 16, 2022 00:18	278996
2	Gender assignment [116 words]	Jeff	Feb 15, 2022 17:11	278991
3	Much more universal, gender-neutral pronouns. [69 words]	Kevin	Feb 13, 2022 21:01	278943
	you better speak gender-specific Hebrew [17 words]	myth	Feb 14, 2022 10:55	278943
	I spell M... [32 words]	myth	Feb 13, 2022 11:16	278938
4	Our enemies must notice this insanity [73 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Dave	Feb 12, 2022 15:30	278919
3	The short term blame goes to Trump, Biden and circa 2020-democrats [143 words]	Prashant	Feb 13, 2022 13:52	278919
1	America's Trivial Pursuit of Political Trivialities Extends Much Further Back - President Trump Merely Revealed How Bad [250 words]	M Tovey	Feb 14, 2022 11:46	278919
	Putin calendar [20 words]	myth	Feb 15, 2022 18:00	278919
3	In the Immortal Words of Charlie Brown, "AAAAAUUUUGH!" [156 words]	Kepha	Feb 11, 2022 23:59	278891
2	What about "you"? [19 words]	Malcolm	Feb 11, 2022 20:25	278887
4	Tyranny with a velvet glove. [42 words]	Phan	Feb 10, 2022 22:51	278850
	Depreciation of Human Value by Inhuman Means [260 words]	M Tovey	Feb 11, 2022 15:15	278850
1	Just one problem, Phan [25 words]	Jeff	Feb 12, 2022 13:47	278850
2	I am a man/male. [83 words]	Prashant	Feb 10, 2022 20:11	278845
	My opportunist pronouns [97 words]	Dave	Feb 10, 2022 19:57	278842
2	I Avoid Pronouns [23 words]	AJC	Feb 10, 2022 14:49	278835
	Questioning Medicine that Cannot Recognize the Obvious [184 words]	M Tovey	Feb 10, 2022 11:49	278829
	Tolerance [551 words]	Ludvikus	Feb 10, 2022 10:27	278826
	The Lost Message of Conservatism [191 words]	M Tovey	Feb 10, 2022 18:57	278826
1	HE or SHE [47 words]	Robert	Feb 11, 2022 14:26	278826
	Because It is Written in HIS Terms [134 words]	M Tovey	Feb 12, 2022 01:16	278826
1	useless... [63 words]	Tim Rouse	Feb 10, 2022 10:19	278825