• Beaver @lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      You wouldn’t call people “it”. It’s about showing respect.

      • ManniSturgis@lemmy.zip
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        3 months ago

        I wouldn’t, but I am calling animals it. Only in English tho, we don’t do that in my native language.

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        3 months ago

        I know a few people who use it/its pronouns. While I agree that treating animals with respect is a good thing, it pronouns are not necessarily a sign of disrespect or objectification.

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          3 months ago

          Well in that case that is different but usually when we say “it” that is used to refer to physical objects like book or treat. Animals being seen as property harms them.

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            3 months ago

            The person getting upset at another person calling a doe an it, telling another to touch grass is just peak internet.

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              3 months ago

              Ikr. I think were now supposed to say something about how this kind of interaction is so reddit. Loudly enough that we can ignore that it’s just how people behave in general.

              • nomous@lemmy.world
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                3 months ago
                • on the internet.

                Cause I promise if I talked like that in real life I’d get eye rolls and wouldn’t be invited out anymore. It’s a great example of “theory is fine but you need to interact with others.”