As Twitchy reported, Elon Musk managed to trigger two completely separate groups of people with just one tweet: those who venerate Dr. Anthony Fauci, and those who insist that it’s transphobic to joke about pronouns.
My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 11, 2022
Jimmy Kimmel was so upset by the tweet that he responded with his own pronouns for Musk, which we won’t print here. Astronaut Mark Kelly was more polite, asking Musk not to “mock and promote hate toward already marginalized and at-risk-of-violence members of the #LGBTQ+ community.”
This medical student decided to drown out the pronoun mockery by posting a selfie of himself (his pronoun) wearing his “he/him” pronoun button.
Drowning out the #pronoun mockery + vilifying #Fauci by saying from DAY ONE of #medschool I have worn my HE/HIM pronoun pin, and yes a #trans youth DID point to it in the ER and said "I finally feel seen" and I have ZERO tolerance for cis privileged mockery of pronouns. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊ pic.twitter.com/Ad7YFYCEAx
— tanmoy das lala 🏳️🌈 (@TanmoyDasLala) December 11, 2022
This didn't happen so much it unhappened things that did.
— Netrunner (@2077Arasaka) December 12, 2022
You are so much better than everyone else. Thanks for tweeting this out so we can all know just how great you are! Yes!!
— Bradley Scott 🙏🇺🇸 (@Hoosiers1986) December 12, 2022
So … is the end game for everyone to wear a pronoun button, or does it go even further? ‘Cause we’re not wearing buttons.
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I cannot stress this enough—DO NOT comply with pronoun exchange rituals. Activists know that being the only person objecting to pronoun exchanges is awkward. That's the point. They want you to mumble their acts of worship and be their unwitting evangelist. Don't do it.
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) December 12, 2022
They will tell you you're making a big deal out of nothing. But you're not. You're refusing to be a vector for a very infectious and harmful mind virus.
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) December 12, 2022
Never have never will
— Barrington Martin II (@_BarringtonII) December 12, 2022
Right on! I was like why all of a sudden everyone are quick to update their pronouns on LinkedIn and places. I mean, why did you even feel like that was important?!🤦♂️
— Suresh A (@UsualWonders) December 12, 2022
“My pronouns are dictated by English conventions.”
— AJ Kay (@AJKayWriter) December 12, 2022
When I get check boxes of gender identities I click them all. Every single one. 🙃
— ✌sDr. McThickens✌ (@DrMcThickens) December 12, 2022
People that have been in the workforce for decades are inserting these in their professional profiles or work signatures. Not sure if it's out of free will or societal pressure.
Honestly, to each their own.
However, don't expect me to use them, ever.— ✭ (@NYC_Cowsheep) December 12, 2022
If I had a corporate job or a blue collar job where I suspected many others secretly agreed with me and might confide in me privately, I would say this is good advice. However in my higher ed department, I KNOW most of these people don't agree with me. Speaking out is heresy.
— TheNaxelas (@Naxela2) December 12, 2022
As much as I want to stand up for myself, it's a high-risk and low-reward action. I accomplish nothing but to out myself as a dissenter amidst a crowd of those whom my many experiences have shown to be true believers. I might as well be dissenting at a scientology convention.
— TheNaxelas (@Naxela2) December 12, 2022
“With respect, I don’t find it necessary to answer that question.”
— Tanner DeHaan (@TanManthkuMam) December 12, 2022
You promote what you permit and that’s why they demand our compliance.
— Carter Bond (@TheBondAbides) December 12, 2022
The "go along to get along" crowd ignores the implication of where 'going along' will take us.
— Terry Van Loon (My/Our) ✌️😎 (@terrybythebay) December 12, 2022
I don’t play the pronoun game. Give the dice to the next player.
— OscarH (@OscarHvala) December 12, 2022
They will tell you you're making a big deal out of nothing. But they will be the ones waving their hands and shouting at you, as you stand there quietly.
— Pilgrim of the Way (@johwhitt) December 12, 2022
I am an atheist. I don’t need another religion in my life.
— martianman 🇦🇺🇮🇱🏳️🌈 (@marsinreverse) December 12, 2022
We’d suggest tattooing our pronouns on our foreheads, except they might change depending on how we identify any particular day.
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MI AG Dana Nessel is ‘really gonna miss Twitter’ after being offended by Elon Musk’s pronoun tweets https://t.co/oRcNnebouS
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 12, 2022