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Originally Posted by mikemhg
(Post 9103266)
He's got the thin blue line as his profile pic, would it be any surprise that he's a prick, essentially?
Saying you refuse to play along with someone's "mental disorder" is a pretty ridiculous thing to even state.
I'm not even some lefty woke guy either, it's just basic human respect at that point.
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You don't have to be not lefty to not have any principles of your own, you'll just fall for anything pushed to you. I've been on this board for near 20 years, never would have this been a discussion even 10 years ago, much less when I got on here.
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Originally Posted by Great68
(Post 9103248)
I guess you don't work in a very outward facing job?
I could just imagine how that would go down in a professional workplace, or even better where that person is a customer/client.
I have one of these non-binary individuals I deal with, one of our large key customer/accounts.
I'd have a pretty tough time explaining to my bosses that I refused to respect this person enough to use their desired pronouns, and as a result lost major business.
It would never happen because I'm not an asshole and do respect this person, whatever they want to be called.
So, I'm just curious of what you'd do if you were in that situation? Tell this person "too fucking bad, you look like a man so I'm calling you a he" and accept the fallout or are you just talking a big game online when in reality you'd be a big hypocrite?
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I'm a LEO, all my work is outward facing.
"I have one of these non-binary individuals I deal with, one of our large key customer/accounts"
That's nice, you're dealing with someone who has mental health issues is the right way to look at it. Which is fine, it probably doesn't have any bearing on their work.
"I'd have a pretty tough time explaining to my bosses that I refused to respect this person enough to use their desired pronouns, and as a result lost major business"
Sure, you do it so you don't have to explain to your boss why a person with mental health issues is mad at you. It's simpler to just play along, I don't disagree, you don't have to go out of your way to point out that they're messed up in the head. But I won't go out of my way and part-take in their delusions either.
"It would never happen because I'm not an asshole and do respect this person, whatever they want to be called"
I never said to call them out on it either. But since I assume most of us here are not dealing with this issue I could be honest. If you want to lie to your self so that you can feel morally good about your self go right ahead.
"So, I'm just curious of what you'd do if you were in that situation? Tell this person "too fucking bad, you look like a man so I'm calling you a he" and accept the fallout or are you just talking a big game online when in reality you'd be a big hypocrite?"
I would not go out of my way to point out to them 'hey you're a man / you're a woman', I'd just ignore it, probably refer to them by their name. If they put me in a position where I have to tell them what I think I will let them know or I'll avoid the topic. Again, like I said, between us here, that is how I feel.
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Originally Posted by underscore
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Whoa, don't cut your self on all that edge.
