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Gaawa_chan posted...

I think this is a good response. 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 asshole harassing someone.

I think that's a bad precedent to set for pronouns seeing as you don't get to pick your own nick name (I guess you can try but it's not going to stick), nick names are an exonym, so if you think pronouns should be too than cool.