I've thought about changing my pronouns to they/them for the same reason
Jaytreeman
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I don't think there's a reasonable way out of this hole, but I'd rather be in a world with more forest, so I'll keep suggesting that.
Very true. A forest is definitely preferable
Trees are pretty good at carbon capture :)
Srsly Wrong's latest podcast talked a lot about how oil companies funded grassroots pro oil campaigns and then linked it to our larger culture and how we can't trust anyone anymore.
I never thought I'd be able to say not trusting each other is big oils fault, but here we are
Sorry. I was trying to be inclusive of Mexico, US and Canada.
You're absolutely right that the nations that existed before those three were not fascist.
North America has always been fascist.
During ww2 Canada denied Jewish refugees. When the war ended Canada welcomed a bunch of Nazis and erected statues commemorating a few.
I listened to a podcast a couple of months ago that was about some international agreement that got rid of a bunch of pollution that was going to make this year MUCH warmer.
I'll find it if anyone's interested.
https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/105-leon-simons
Exactly. All we can do is try to improve.
It sounds like your reasoning is similar to how a lot of people feel about the word 'moist'.
I wouldn't be happy if the descriptor for me was viscerally hurtful to myself.
I think the big difference is the world we live in. Lgbtq+ are being targeted by rightwing fucks all over the world. Talking about how you don't like the word sounds a lot like 'Im just asking what a woman is'. It's not exactly transphobic, but those phrases are often used by people trying to legitimize their hate. For example, take a look at JKRs change in rhetoric.