‘Ms.’ took time to be absorbed. But this political agitation to change common speech: are you kidding me? People shouldn’t be putting up with this for one second. What kind of nonsense is this? Absolute nonsense. These people who are searching for their identit[ies], and want to impose on others? That’s not my philosophy as a libertarian. That is an invasion and an intrusion into other people’s personal rights. Excuse us, the English language is owned by everyone; it was created by great artists — Chaucer and Shakespeare and Wordsworth and Joyce, and so on. How dare you, you sniveling little maniac[s], tell us how we’re going to use pronouns!
Camille Paglia, on being asked about Prof. Jordan Peterson’s refusal to use modish pronouns for those who have concocted new gender identities, and about Canada’s Bill C-16, which would enforce the use of such pronouns, treating refusal as “hate speech.” (A few “OKs” and “You knows” removed.)