• dont_lemmee_down@lemm.ee
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    Well it kinda is. Pronouns are like names, in the sense that we use them to describe to whom we refer.

    They are a non injective function on the name set.

    The restriction you would like to make is that the function is not multivalued. But it is. As an example, Andrea is a name that is usually associated with a female person, but it is a normal name for male people in Italy.

    We allowed people to be named whatever they wanted (or their parents wanted), so why not also let them choose whatever pronoun they prefer?

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      3 days ago

      Well it kinda is.

      I disagree.

      Pronouns are like names

      Pronouns are not names.

      allowed

      That’s the second time you’ve used the word “allow”. That’s very telling.

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        2 days ago

        I disagree.

        I disagree.

        Pronouns are not names.

        Yes, that is why I wrote “like”. They serve the same functionality.

        second

        That is the first time you wrote second. That’s very telling.