sunfane [comrade/them]

I’ve heard https://www.liberation.fr/ is relatively left but I haven’t verified. https://francaisfacile.rfi.fr/fr/ is good for learners

I think it’s considered a microaggression when it’s used by less-than-well-meaning libs (often parents of trans teens who don’t respect their child’s chosen pronouns) who think nobody will notice they’ve “beat the system” avoiding misgendering by they/theming. There’s also a contingent of the trans community that prefer strict adherence for themselves to the gender binary and are rather sensitive when it comes to discussions of being non-binary or “dismantling the gender binary”. Because of these factors, and more, some people outright reject they/them as general all-purpose pronouns, especially so if their preferred pronouns were previously listed/discussed/etc

Edit: I’ve heard weaponizing they/them is more of a thing on TERF island but I don’t know enough to speak on that

Sounds like a dog whistle for “sub-human” fascist language imo

Fricadelle de rouflaquette marouflée à la gerboise de farigoule svp

Whenever someone asks which games would make a good TV/movie adaptation, Second Sight immediately comes to mind for me. It’s not the most groundbreaking story, but for video games it kind of is lol

Agreeed this drives me up a wall. Just call them transphobes! Matt Walsh is not a radical feminist lol

Ideally one would refer to other users as user/poster/comrade, imo. But a lot of people on the internet end up using he/him pronouns for any unknown person. This usually prevents that.

It’s also a nice little reminder that there’s a real person behind that username you’re engaging with.