Friday, June 21, 2019

Preferred pronouns

Oregon Muse writes in the Ace of Spades blog,
"One of you 'ettes commented last time that the HR department at the company you work for has begun listing preferred pronouns in the signature line of their emails. Our tendency as conservatives is to roll our eyes and ignore such silliness, but I think we're missing an opportunity here for a little Alinsky-style guerilla theater. We need to work this rule to the max. Some of you suggested other possible pronouns we could use, such as 'Your Royal Highness' and 'Ming the Merciless.' 'El Jefe Maximo' is also good, as is 'The Ayatollah of Rock-n-Rolla.' The more outlandish, the better. Jam it up their snouts. I have heard of conservatives on Twitter making use of these personal pronouns and actually getting progressive ratfinks that they were arguing with suspended or even banned for not using them. Hey, it's *their* rule. They insisted on it. Let them choke on it. Or another thing we can do, which is going to take us out of our comfort zone, is to find some lesbian bar and have a bunch of conservative guys show up in dresses and lipstick and hang out for a few hours, buying drinks, farting loudly, laughing in deep, masculine voices, and throwing beer nuts at the other customers. I think something like that will really frost their flannel. But there's not much they can do about it. If they tried to throw us out, we could screech like the devil's own klaxon about discrimination. The point is, the best way to deal with progressive bullsh*t is not to engage them on any kind of intellectual level, which we all know is a complete waste of time, but with ridicule, contempt, and ceaseless mockery."

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