
Are You Really Being Unfaithful to Reality if You Use Someone’s Preferred Pronouns?
#STRask — Stand to ReasonAre You Really Being Unfaithful to Reality if You Use Someone’s Preferred Pronouns?
June 27, 2022

#STRaskStand to Reason
Question about the idea that you’re not being unfaithful to reality by using someone’s preferred pronouns since those pronouns correspond to the person’s actual gender identity.
* How would you respond to the idea that you’re not being unfaithful to reality by using a preferred pronoun because that is the pronoun that corresponds to the person’s actual gender identity?
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