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Interesting.... Jeordam Send a noteboard - 13/11/2018 11:36:43 PM

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View original postjust kind of pointing out the fact that we call people "It" all the time. I had one specific example that was applied to the two different mindsets of the speaker. One was used out of ambiguity, while the other was to dehumanize. The difference was the intent of the speaker.

To clarify, when I said, 'you don't refer to people by it', it wasn't so much a descriptive statement as a moral one. As in, you should not refer to (adult) people by 'it'. Because indeed it dehumanizes.

Why the adult qualifier? Is the age of the individual a factor in whether one is "humanized" or not?

~Jeordam

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Aran'gar and the trans issue. - 13/11/2018 12:25:48 AM 933 Views
This is exactly why the knee-jerk response was so amusing. - 13/11/2018 01:18:28 AM 616 Views
I think you could argue it's surprisingly apt. - 13/11/2018 01:31:37 AM 660 Views
I don't know what's so hard to understand about this. You don't refer to people by 'it'. - 13/11/2018 08:09:34 AM 603 Views
People are refered to by "it" all the time.... - 13/11/2018 05:26:33 PM 617 Views
But remember, human fetuses aren't people. /s *NM* - 13/11/2018 05:42:00 PM 402 Views
Your second example rather proves my point, don't you think? - 13/11/2018 07:50:39 PM 621 Views
and those of us defending Cannoli maintain - 13/11/2018 07:59:08 PM 555 Views
I'm not really commenting on Cannoli's post.... - 13/11/2018 09:20:13 PM 602 Views
FWIW mine was concerning ambiguity - 13/11/2018 11:01:03 PM 620 Views
Okay, sure. - 13/11/2018 11:26:58 PM 638 Views
Interesting.... - 13/11/2018 11:36:43 PM 592 Views
Because it is just contempt - 13/11/2018 11:45:08 PM 761 Views
I think I mostly covered that above, but I can recap. - 14/11/2018 08:02:51 AM 620 Views
Who's on the phone? - 14/11/2018 01:53:14 AM 614 Views
Sure, I agree. - 14/11/2018 07:45:58 AM 621 Views
Aran'gar does not, and doesn't have to represent, trangender people for your usage to be wrong - 13/11/2018 03:21:42 PM 641 Views
Except that it isn't a person, it is a character in a book - 14/11/2018 02:57:12 PM 604 Views
So? - 14/11/2018 07:18:10 PM 603 Views
Re: So? - 17/11/2018 02:13:37 PM 591 Views
Upon reflection, I have edited the original post - 13/11/2018 08:02:17 PM 597 Views
Thank you. *NM* - 13/11/2018 11:31:41 PM 288 Views

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