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Originally Posted by jbouton
That would be to change legislation so that you have to use preferred pronouns or face legal punishment.
Another thread brought in the indigenous stuff in our education system (canada province). They are starting, in this program, to push for special rights based on implicit priveleage. They want native knowledge in the education system, which is separate from non-native knowledge etc.
There is nothing to contrast that, what is the knowledge group we teach from today that necessitates an equal adoption of native knowledge?
I'm not a huge fan of laws that criminalize words and ideas rather than actions but they normally are gutted by the court system on constitutional/free speech grounds. But the world is truly a ****ed up place if an academic wants to go to war over
personal pronouns. What a dumb ****ing hill to die on. Pronouns, even if made up, are about as important in the scheme of things as strange given names, hyphenated last names, or bizarrely spelled names. The net loss to a person for accepting how others wish to to be called is pretty nominal.
Indigenous teachings: Is getting a seat at the table really a special privilege? Doesn't the special privilege rest with the group that has been denying the teachings? Aren't the students bodies made up of indigenous people?