Old Version
"I'm here to rescue you, Ma'am."
"How dare you, I'm a Mister."
New Progressive Version
"Before extending this ladder to save you, I need to ask you, your preferred pronoun."
"Just save me."
"Sorry, but New York City regulations require me to ask you for your preferred pronoun to avoid marginalizing peoples of marginal identity groups or triggering them through microaggressions that..."
And so the left's ongoing humiliation of the FDNY and NYPD continues under Bill de Blasio. After forcibly filling the FDNY with diversity recruits who can't pass the physical exams or actually fight fires, there will be sensitivity training.
Firefighters and medics will take their first “Trans 101” course on Tuesday, learning the correct way to interact with transgender people — and even getting a lesson in what LGTBQI actually stands for, a city official said.
The training at FDNY headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn will go over correct terminology and even how to ask for a person’s preferred pronoun.
“People need to learn to not be afraid to ask someone who is transitioning genders what their pronoun is,” said a Commission for Human Rights spokesman.
Possibly firefighters have other priorities. Especially during an emergency.
Firefighters have been largely silent on the new sensitivity training, and it might be because many don’t even know about it yet. Firefighters questioned at five Brooklyn companies Saturday said they knew nothing about it.