Waterloo Region District School Board

Where oh where oh where are the adults? Where did they all go? What are they doing? Why are they hiding? When will they get a fucking grip?

First the boring obvious for the millionth time: there’s no such thing as “people’s chosen pronouns” because people don’t get to “choose” special personal meanings for public language.

Much more to the point, humoring people about “their pronouns” absolutely does not affirm human dignity, it treats people as if they were toddlers. There is no dignity in playing let’s pretend in public forever. Trying to impose one’s personal fantasies about one’s personal self is just about the most embarrassingly childish thing one can do and get praised for it.

How does it foster inclusivity? Do people want more and more friends with special pronouns they have to memorize? More and more friends insisting on playing out their fantasies in real life? More and more friends pretending they have no idea what female and male bodies are?

How does it foster respect? Isn’t it far more likely to foster anxiously concealed contempt?

Where are the adults??

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