YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoFlorida teacher fired for using gender-neutral honorific ‘Mx.’www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down126
arrow-up1396arrow-down1external-linkFlorida teacher fired for using gender-neutral honorific ‘Mx.’www.nbcnews.comYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down12·edit-28 months agoExcept it’s not like that at all, because you just made that honorific up! Mx. has an actual cultural context outside of their classroom. Sure, it’s new, but it’s not like this teacher just made it up themselves.
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months ago“Mx” was also just made up by someone.
minus-squareStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoSo was every word in existence.
minus-squarepete_the_cat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWhat is that context? You failed to include it.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·8 months agoThe context is Mx. already being used and recognized around the country and around the world. It’s new, but it’s not just something the teacher made up.
Except it’s not like that at all, because you just made that honorific up!
Mx. has an actual cultural context outside of their classroom. Sure, it’s new, but it’s not like this teacher just made it up themselves.
“Mx” was also just made up by someone.
So was every word in existence.
What is that context? You failed to include it.
The context is Mx. already being used and recognized around the country and around the world. It’s new, but it’s not just something the teacher made up.