I find it notable that this announcement would be at −1 if not for my strong upvote. The suspended user doubled-down on misgendering Torres after being asked to correct it. Are people complaining about the strong norm against intentional misgendering, or is the downvoting reflective of some sort of belief in a “Torres exception” to that norm?
And I can’t believe it needs saying, but a “Torres exception” is not a good idea here. Even completely disregarding Torres’ own feelings there are a lot of people who are not Emile Torres which those lines of attack stigmatise.
Also when, the fundamental complaint about someone is that they repeatedly make uncharitable and probably false claims about people’s true motivations and engage in odd personal attacks on people they might legitimately be unimpressed by, adding a drive-by pop-diagnosis of a mental health condition and a nasty observation on their gender identity doesn’t strengthen that observation, it just sets off the irony meter...
I find it notable that this announcement would be at −1 if not for my strong upvote. The suspended user doubled-down on misgendering Torres after being asked to correct it. Are people complaining about the strong norm against intentional misgendering, or is the downvoting reflective of some sort of belief in a “Torres exception” to that norm?
And I can’t believe it needs saying, but a “Torres exception” is not a good idea here. Even completely disregarding Torres’ own feelings there are a lot of people who are not Emile Torres which those lines of attack stigmatise.
Also when, the fundamental complaint about someone is that they repeatedly make uncharitable and probably false claims about people’s true motivations and engage in odd personal attacks on people they might legitimately be unimpressed by, adding a drive-by pop-diagnosis of a mental health condition and a nasty observation on their gender identity doesn’t strengthen that observation, it just sets off the irony meter...