RE: Let’s see if we can discuss transgender issues without name calling. I think we can!
The old ways were better.
Man referred to all of mankind.
Women referred to women.
At least you could be certain when you used the word she.
Of all the gender pronouns the LGBT+ support community has come up with, no one has come up with a great neuter people pronoun. When someone does, i will use it exclusively.
But, what we have today isn't about acceptance, its about domination and control. A group of people demanding that i treat them different / special.
Well, i really do not care about your gender unless i am interested in dating you. So, 99% of the time, i really do not care. If you are a GOOD friend, and ask me to use a different pronoun... i would probably stop talking to you because it is beyond my ability. I already have a tough time remembering a name, of my good friends, longer than 2 seconds.
So, imho, this whole debacle is just an extension of feminism claiming victim status. And forcing it in people's face will just make everything worse.
In all the discussion i have seen on this, i have yet to see anyone come up with a pattern of behavior that is acceptable. Usually what i see is that people bending over backwards are berated for not bending over enough. This will end badly.
And, i am really concerned with my gay, bisexual and lesbian friends. Because there is going to be blowback, and my concern is that TPTshouldn'tB will be rounding up LGBT as the first group to go to concentration camps, Just as it was jews 80 years ago.
The old ways were certainly simpler. I pretty much agree with everything you've said here. Your concern about your LGBT friends is probably not misplaced, and I think there are other aspects of this whole issue that we need to be concerned about as well.