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Gaawa_chan posted...

My general attitude towards pronouns is pretty simple. Pronouns are, for all intents and purposes, generic nicknames that exist for the convenience of whoever is speaking, so that you don't have to constantly say someone's name. If you're deliberately, repeatedly using a nickname for someone who has expressly told you not to do that and that they don't like it, you're not some sort of arbiter of truth; you're an a****** harassing someone.

Pretty much. There's no circumstance in which responding to "my name is X" with "no your name is Y" isn't a dick move. So don't do that unless you're trying to be a dick, and if you are trying to be a dick, don't be surprised if people think you're a dick.

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

The words I speak and the text I type are a product of the labor of my body. Any pronouns included therein are my pronouns and no one else has any claim to them or any say in how I use them.

By definition, communication involves at least two parties. You axiomatically cannot communicate without having an audience that will interpret, respond to, and generate consequences for the things you say. Unless you're just talking to yourself alone in your room (in which case, say whatever you want, but that's not communication), suggesting that anything about communication is so unilaterally limited to you is just outright wrong.