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| adjl 10/23/19 11:57:21 AM #27: | Kyuubi4269 posted... Pronouns are not names. They're proxies for names. Kyuubi4269 posted... Names are also not objective. "My name is Andrew" is an objective fact. "I prefer to be called Andy" is also an objective fact (or at least it would be if I had such a preference). Were I to change my name to Bob, Jim, or Sally, "My name is Bob/Jim/Sally" would become an objective fact. The practical significance of those facts is debatable, certainly, but it doesn't change the facts. It also doesn't change the fact that refusing to call somebody by name is just plain rude at best, and abusively dehumanizing at worst (see: the Stanford Prison experiment). None of that spectrum should be considered an acceptable way for a teacher to treat their students. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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