I think it’s not necessarily the moral aspect that causes the eye rolling. It’s like when a grammarian like myself corrects someone’s punctuation: “You should actually use a semi-colon here instead of a comma.” Or correct their spelling. “You used the wrong ‘their.’” People’s response is usually an eye roll and the phrase “Who cares, you…
I think it’s not necessarily the moral aspect that causes the eye rolling. It’s like when a grammarian like myself corrects someone’s punctuation: “You should actually use a semi-colon here instead of a comma.” Or correct their spelling. “You used the wrong ‘their.’” People’s response is usually an eye roll and the phrase “Who cares, you know what I mean.” That’s what’s going on when I say “she” about a female-presenting person and am corrected to use “they.” Cmon. You know who I mean. She has breasts. Shes wearing a dress and makeup and has long hair.
It’s the annoyance that comes when you’re mostly right about something, you’ve successfully communicated your meaning despite imperfect means, and you’re being told that you didn’t *quite* get it right.
I would argue there’s a moral foundation to that that goes something like this: “it’s good and right to label things correctly and as they really are. To do otherwise is to lie.”
I think it’s not necessarily the moral aspect that causes the eye rolling. It’s like when a grammarian like myself corrects someone’s punctuation: “You should actually use a semi-colon here instead of a comma.” Or correct their spelling. “You used the wrong ‘their.’” People’s response is usually an eye roll and the phrase “Who cares, you know what I mean.” That’s what’s going on when I say “she” about a female-presenting person and am corrected to use “they.” Cmon. You know who I mean. She has breasts. Shes wearing a dress and makeup and has long hair.
It’s the annoyance that comes when you’re mostly right about something, you’ve successfully communicated your meaning despite imperfect means, and you’re being told that you didn’t *quite* get it right.
I would argue there’s a moral foundation to that that goes something like this: “it’s good and right to label things correctly and as they really are. To do otherwise is to lie.”