• LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    I started doing this a while ago– misgendering people who claim pronouns shouldn’t matter. It’s amazing how important they suddenly become to conservative guys when you start calling them ‘she’.

    Like wait, it hurts your feelings when I refer to you as ‘she’? Is that… disrespectful of your gender identity?? 😱

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      1 hour ago

      well, not doing it hasn’t led to results, let’s try this for a while and see what happens.

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      18 minutes ago

      They don’t see your refusal to stoop to their level as some kind of enlightened position - they see it as a weaker person kowtowing to their strength. The only reason these horrible people were under control for so long was because they believed progressive voices were unstoppably stronger and willing to use that strength. They won’t go away until they believe that again.

    • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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      1 hour ago

      They’re intentionally antagonising us first. Turnabout is fair play.

      Also, I would only recommend doing this online or in a large group where they either can’t physically hurt you or they won’t because you have backup. In my experience, this can set people off, yeah.

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      Only if they do it to other people and being purposefully dense. Sometimes it’s okay to fight fire with fire. Time, place, occasion