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>As I am a big proponent of free speech online, your implication of what I should and should not be able to say has been quite vexing to me, hence my annoyance.

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>Stop reading so far into it.

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>Be civil. [0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html




Yes I think I've already reached an understanding with the OP, but thanks for chiming in.


You're welcome! One last thing, I noticed that you referred to OP using a gendered pronoun. Given that women (and other genders too!) are allowed to use the Internet in many countries [0] it is best to not gender pseudo-anonymous entities who have not explicitly signaled their gender or preferred pronouns. Unlike in Portuguese, Spanish, or whatever your native tongue may be, in English there are gender-neutral pronouns available. Two possible alternatives are singular they [1] or the Spivak pronoun e [2]. Defaulting to masculine pronouns as you did creates an environment that is unwelcoming and hostile for some, so to foster a welcoming space for all you should default to gender-neutral language. Overall your English is pretty good, keep practicing! Just wanted to clear that up, and thanks again!

[0] https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs/geneva/official/dop.html

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

[2] https://books.google.com/books?id=SK3VRr7bFVkC&pg=PA138#v=on...


I referred to the OP with a gendered pronoun because he misnamed Caitlyn and it is well known that men are more likely to mislabel trans women, as well as more likely to be trolls online - as you are being now, so I assume that you are male too. I will leave you to it now, well done for your little essay.




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