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[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 206 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (28 children)

We don't need more pronouns. We need less of them.

In my native language there is no even he/she pronouns. The word is “hän” and it’s gender neutral. You can be male, female, FTM, MTF, non-binary or what ever and you’re still called “hän”. You can identify as anything you like and "hän" already includes you.

[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That sounds like a solution that should make everyone happy. However, the crowd arguing against more pronouns would also argue against this, just because they're impossible to appease.

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be surprised if the (mostly) political right that seems all these new pronouns as stupid would also ironically be against giving up on their own gender specific pronoun for a gender neutral one.

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