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I've tried searching for "person-independent neopronouns" and failed to find any results.
Care to explain how this is different than referring to one's self in the third person? Because I'll be honest, I have a hard time wrapping my head around this.
My respect isn't conditional to my understanding, but I feel I could respect better if I understood more.
My interpretation here is the first person (I), second person (you), and third person (he/she/they) pronouns are disregarded and are all represented by the neopronoun "drag".
I.e. use drag whenever you reference dragonfucker and you're golden.
That makes sense, but what is the material difference? Isn't it ultimately the same thing by a different name?
Material difference of specific pronouns? Someone feels better, and I'm out no extra effort, I guess...
It's as much difference as personal preference in chocolate bar brands.
I totally get respecting specific pronouns, no confusion there.
I don't see how the scenario presented in OP is different from wanting to be referred to in the third person.
Ah! Effectively none.
Which does bring up an unusual case: how should drag be referred to as part of a group? They and drag? Or would just they suffice?
They. It's the same as if you refer to a group of people with a man in it. The "he" is discarded. Drag doesn't use plural independent pronouns.
Okay but why not use the already gender-free pronouns I and you? That's got nothing to do with being trans, does it?
Don't want to.
Some degree of identity erasure is inherent with mass pronouns; interesting question!
If you just one for one swap you run into weird grammar.
What do drag want to do?
Is that right or..?
same with swapping in 'they'! i think most pronouns are singular, only 'they' is plural due to legacy junk, see:
- what does he want to do?
- what does drag want to do?
- what does the cat want to do?
- what do they want to do?
- what do the cats want to do?
perhaps we should move towards singular they, eg 'what does they want to do?'
I mean in the instance of directly addressing the person. If you 1 for 1 swap it sounds weird (what do drag), but if you change "do" to "does" it sounds like you're 3rd personing.
i am saying that "he" is the same as "drag" grammar-wise, but neither are like "they"
Perfect (per my understanding)!