I've been moving all week and missed the Chelsea Manning wars here.

[Ms. Toad]

56. I have seen the thread -

And throughout the thread (and shortly after it was posted also added to the initial post) there are repeated explanations that it was directed at people who knew, and chose not to respect, Chelsea Manning's requested pronoun usage.

The response was to a person who knew of the request. It was in an online setting, in threads discussing her transition, three-years plus of posting about Manning is not a valid reason in that context.

Online, unlike in face-to-face conversations, you have the ability to read through your post before hitting enter. If you are in a thread discussing Chelsea Manning's transition, you have to be aware of it. So when you use male pronouns, or refer to her as a man, it is deliberate. (That is a different situation from a thread discussing something else, in which the poster might not know, or discussing things in a face to face situations when habits and the conversation pace can easily interfere with the best of intentions).