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On 2024-11-29 04:20, badgolferman wrote:
> Andrew <andys@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>> They think these facts will go away if they call people an "it".
>> Who is that stupid?
>>
> 
> When I was growing up, those who were not clearly a “he” or “she” were
> often referred to as an “it”. With the prevalence of transsexuals and
> wokism today, not to mention DEI initiatives in the federal and corporate
> worlds, people have been indoctrinated into the idea that there are more
> physical genders than just male and female. Yet when you go to the doctor’s
> office and fill out forms, they always want to know what your real sex is
> and not what you want to be “identified” as.
> 
> In any case, since this is Usenet and it’s hard to actually see people, he
> may be using gender ambiguous terms such as “it” to describe people he
> doesn’t really know. Maybe he’s trying to be respectful in the same manner
> as when someone addresses a lady as Ms. rather than Miss or Mrs. when not
> knowing their marital status.
> 
> Or maybe you’re actually right about him and I’m wrong to give him the
> benefit of the doubt.

That you would be bigoted about trans people seems completely on-brand 
for you.