Malicious misgendering'? What about malicious stomping on free speech rights?

eady for your kid to be charged with sexual harassment for refusing to say "xir" or "zhim"?

All rights, including freedom of religion, stem from freedom of speech. Without free speech, we have nothing. Zero.

In complete disregard for this basic American value, free speech is regarded by the left as an outdated concept. Mark Steyn, author of America Alone, observed that we are turning into "one vast college campus," where there is one correct view and all others are prohibited. On such a "campus," there is no room for free speech.

The latest manifestation of the left's distorted vision is the attempt to mandate the use of subjective personal pronouns. Two examples have just been exposed. The first is taking place in Fairfax, Virginia, where the school board is reviewing updated rules that could expose students to suspension or expulsion for "maliciously misgendering" their peers. In other words, if I want to be referred to as "they" instead of "he," you can be suspended if you refer to me as "he." The new rules would make "malicious deadnaming" and "malicious misgendering" of classmates a "Level 4 offense," which allows for a suspension up to five days "if frequency and intensity are present."

The second example involves three Wisconsin boys who are facing sexual harassment charges from their middle school over accusations that they used incorrect gender pronouns for a fellow student. Think about that for a minute: sexual harassment. "I thought it wasn't real," said Rosemary Rabidoux, a parent of one of the accused boys. "I thought this has got to be a gag, a joke." She insists that the use of certain pronouns and sexual harassment have nothing to do with one other.

I think mine would be “His Majesty”.

21 posted on 05/19/2022 12:22:09 PM PDT by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)

To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

22 posted on 05/20/2022 7:50:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)

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