Actor Ezra Miller has turned out to be quite the problematic person, what with the nasty temper and all those accusations of being a groomer and rapist and whatnot.
We’d call Miller a problematic man, but then we’d be the ones who are problematic. Because, you see, Miller’s preferred pronouns are they/them. At least we knew about that before covering them for this post. Unfortunately, one of [their] many alleged assault victims was unaware of Miller’s preferences when she accused [them] of violently assaulting her.
Fortunately, Variety was able to retroactively correct her account to ensure that Miller would not be offended by being referred to by strictly male pronouns:
This woman experienced this as an attack by a man. She described it as an attack by a man.
Variety corrected her description from he/him to they/them, invalidating her experiences and description. Her attacker's choice of pronouns trumps her experience of her victimization. pic.twitter.com/vAwYOFIE49
— John Carney (@carney) July 1, 2022
Wow. God forbid a cis woman be allowed to mis-pronoun her alleged assailant. Thank you for your service, Variety.
The knock-on effects of the Ezra Miller meltdown are now becoming increasingly unpredictable. https://t.co/sQCxjb6UWR
— Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) July 1, 2022
Except we probably could’ve predicted this. The trajectory of wokeness is such that it was only a matter of time before the real act of violence became referring to a biological male as “he.”
Outrageous.
— The Great Ultra pete1258 (@pete1258) July 1, 2022
what the fffffff https://t.co/Dc1lXT6M5q
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) July 1, 2022
What Becket said.
"Two guy friends of mine are actually holding [Miller] back as [they’re] screaming, ‘This is what you wanted! This is what you wanted!’”
This reads as if the woman's friends are screaming.
— Consigliere (@Consigliere187) July 1, 2022
On top of every other lunacy involved in this, using "they/them" as singular pronouns makes everything completely unreadable
— Zachary Faria (@ZacharyFaria) July 1, 2022
This is incredible. The "them" in the second sentence refers to Miller. The first "their" in this paragraph refers to the parents of the 18 year old. The second "their" refers to… Miller! pic.twitter.com/3aJiKy6Ci6
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) July 1, 2022
What a stupid time to be alive. Not to mention offensive:
the condescension in that parenthetical is *astonishing*
"ummm, excuse me, assault victim. do you know THEY use 'they' pronouns??"
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) July 1, 2022
We’re beyond the looking glass, people. We’re living in the effing Upside-Down.
Can you believe this? Especially the parenthetical at the end? I guess Ezra Miller is not the only sociopath obsessed with pronouns. https://t.co/z83irlnDyB
— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) July 1, 2022
Evidently not.
.@jtlol has a good post on this today. That a person could be a violent rapist/murderer and you will risk a twitter suspension by using their non preferred pro-nouns. https://t.co/FNMkRxdoXd
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 1, 2022
Read it while you still can! https://t.co/0HOFws9zUb
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) July 1, 2022
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Related:
The New York Times had a little trouble this morning with Ezra Miller’s preferred pronoun