Respect new names for popes but throw tantrums over pronouns for neighbors. Got it.
@georgetakei and on top of that, the man is wearing a dress.
@georgetakei cue Norma Mortenson, Betty Perske, Ivo Livi and Jean-Philippe Smet in.
@georgetakei It's almost like it's not actually about the names or the pronouns. 

@JessieImproved @georgetakei

Being all smug and superior about the hypocrisy of bigots who use new names for popes and married women is missing the mark so much.

It's not about the names, and they don't give a damn if we call them out as hypocrites.

It's about being able to punch down on trans people and any minority, really, so being okay with Leo's new name is just an extra slap in the face to trans people, which is just icing on the cake for them.

@JessieImproved @georgetakei It feels like a huge waste of time and energy to point out these supposed hypocrisies when we all know that's not the point.

They do know what a pronoun is (well, probably. In anycase, they use them just fine) and they have never had a problem with respecting Mrs/Ms or preferred names / nicknames.

Can we give up this line of pursuit?

@georgetakei

Not to mention, I assume, all his life he has recognized that he was fallible, now he identifies as infallible (at least in matters of doctrine).

@georgetakei John Wayne's birth certificate name is Marion Wayne.
@georgetakei He has also defended pedophiles.
@Methylcobalamin @georgetakei Yeah, that's included in the "Member of the Catholic clergy" part.
@georgetakei his Holiness also has new pronouns ("his Holiness" / "his Holiness'") which suddenly doesn't appear to be a problem either...
@georgetakei Never take conservatives at face value. The reasons they give to objecting to things is never the reason they actually object. For example, the forced gestation movement has absolutely nothing to do with "protecting innocent lives". Likewise, their objection to trans people changing their names has nothing to do with the difficulties of remembering that someone has a new name.
@georgetakei A society in which women are treated as second-class humans *requires* a hard and fast delineation of genders. The "logic" of why women should not be treated as fully human breaks down in the face of the reality that gender exists on a spectrum. Chrisofascists object to the existence of transgender people because the fact that gender is not completely biologically predetermined undermines their control.