Kids use gender neutral pronouns all the time you absolute cockends. It is an extremely common feature of language. If the Telegraph can’t use gender neutral pronouns but my 4 year old nibling can, maybe we should give them a pack of crayons and let them edit the newspaper instead. - ThreadSky

girlonthenet.bsky.social • 42 days ago

Kids use gender neutral pronouns all the time you absolute cockends. It is an extremely common feature of language.

If the Telegraph can’t use gender neutral pronouns but my 4 year old nibling can, maybe we should give them a pack of crayons and let them edit the newspaper instead.

Reposted from Lee Hurley

They're angry at cartoons again.

Transgender Trend quoted

[Telegraph]

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dancesontrains.bsky.social•42 days ago

Your nibling would have more that’s worthwhile to hear.

refractparadox.bsky.social•42 days ago

Can't do any worse.

I also think the idea of sending the Telegraph crayons (instead or irate letters) might have merit.

myqueerheart.bsky.social•42 days ago

With a quote from Transgender Trend whose founder went on TV and claimed that a rise in homophobic hate crimes was because Pride was being "shoved down people's throats so much."

girlonthenet.bsky.social•42 days ago

Grim.

myqueerheart.bsky.social•42 days ago

Yeah. They say that none of them condone physical violence against trans people but a lot of them now claim that trans activism is to blame for a backlash against LGB rights. So effectively they're really saying that trans people are provoking violence against themselves as well as cis LGB people.

girlonthenet.bsky.social•42 days ago

"If you didn't want to get hurt you shouldn't have advocated for basic human rights" It's so nakedly bigoted.

myqueerheart.bsky.social•42 days ago

Yeah. Watching them make the same ridiculous arguments for 15 years on Twitter with never any interest in listening or learning is so infuritating. Still asking people for an explanation of gender identity that they could support but never will.

craiggrannell.bsky.social•42 days ago

This is such a weird ongoing fixation of certain style guides. I’ve had arguments with editors in the past who have forced ugly (and non-inclusive) constructions like ‘his or her’ vs ‘their’. I’m now old and creaky enough to sometimes actually *write* style guides. Their (etc) makes the cut, always.

craiggrannell.bsky.social•42 days ago

It’s also all kinds of absurd for people to gripe about a children’s TV show (and one of the few tolerable to adults) providing children with the breadth of language. Oh no: we’re teaching them how to be a bit more flexible with English! Where will it end‽ Etc.

These people need to get in the sea.

evenicholls.bsky.social•42 days ago

Better still, give them a shredder.

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