• Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    Like i said earlier, it was changed to they later, to the lead dev, in german they/them is a neopronoun, and “he” is gender neutral is those situations, i assume he thought it was the same in english

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      I don’t understand how a German grammar situation would elicit the response from the PR. Are gender neutral pronouns “political” in Germany? Why did the dev say “personal politics” specifically?

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        1 month ago

        Are gender neutral pronouns “political” in Germany?

        Yeah, (like in french) male pronouns ARE the gender neutral option, and using they/them would be like using xim/xer in english