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  • @aioEnglish
    43•10 days ago

    I don’t want to come and help “balance out” someone who thinks that using they/them pronouns is worse than committing genocide.

    Does anyone really think this, or are you just using hyperbole?

    Not hyperbole. Hanania, Manifest promoted speaker, wrote “Why Do I Hate Pronouns More Than Genocide?” in May 2022.

    I just can’t, it’s like that one scene from Austin Powers.

    • @sue_me_pleaseEnglish
      22•10 days ago

      And this is their reply:

      I still think this is hyperbole

      Followed by ten thousand words that I’m not reading

    • Sailor Sega SaturnEnglish
      21•9 days ago

      And the comment was edited to add:

      (sorry this was a bad example as discussed in the comments so I’ll stick with the pretty clear “has stated that black people are animals who need to be surveilled in mass to reduce crime”)

      Which is the second or third time in this saga I’ve seen people back down from good points due to bad replies. Like someone needs to tell him he’s in the wrong crowd and this isn’t normal.