In trying to view that in a positive/beneficent light, I think I can begin to see how it really isn't asking much for people to start using a new word, all things considered. But viewing it in that light required a serious bend and twist ideologically, from my previous position wherefrom I made that jab at it - a position that seems to me, from this other position, to be somewhat inconsiderate. Edit: Not saying one is better than the other, although the latter would definitely consider itself better than the former.
But when I switch back to it, it (re)becomes clear that "womxn", in that tweet, is a farcical signaling of virtue. In other cases, perhaps, it may be reflective, somehow, of a highly-deliberated and inclusive consensus.
Is there a way that inclusive sentiment can be expressed in a way that doesn't come across as ridiculous - even if such interpretation is partially the result of inconsideration? Perhaps part of it is how pious that tweet can come across as being.
Similar points have been made, perhaps even here, about "latinx". That is, that it is a term that is disregarded by, if not virtually unknown to, most latin american immigrants to the US, while being embraced by upper-middle class students more versed in the language and sensibilities of intersectionality and cultural revisionism.
I don't mean to put anyone on the spot, but can anyone attest to the impact of these words? Can it really amount to something larger than a shift in letters?