It can come across as weird/deliberate if you’re using “they” for trans people but “he”/“she” for cis people (obviously, not gendering is still miles better than misgendering though)
Using they conveys a detached tone which matches the detached and ambivalent nature of the comment. See similarly “I don’t care what they think” or “I don’t know why they act that way” which would normally be used in informal conversation to signify a lack of engagement with the subject.
I think Eliott Page is a he
I used zero gendered terms in my comment.
It can come across as weird/deliberate if you’re using “they” for trans people but “he”/“she” for cis people (obviously, not gendering is still miles better than misgendering though)
Ratio’d
Using they conveys a detached tone which matches the detached and ambivalent nature of the comment. See similarly “I don’t care what they think” or “I don’t know why they act that way” which would normally be used in informal conversation to signify a lack of engagement with the subject.
Elliott uses he/they pronouns!