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minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoIf you wouldn’t call a human being “it”, then you shouldn’t call a non-human animal “it”, either.
minus-squarecasual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoyeah no I’m not taking that bait, bud.
minus-squareLiteral@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoI’ll call human beings “it” if that’s what they prefer!
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoFunnily enough, in spoken Finnish “it” has all but replaced “they”.
If you wouldn’t call a human being “it”, then you shouldn’t call a non-human animal “it”, either.
yeah no I’m not taking that bait, bud.
I’ll call human beings “it” if that’s what they prefer!
Funnily enough, in spoken Finnish “it” has all but replaced “they”.