If I intentionally called a co-worker by the wrong name when it obviously upset them, should I be surprised if I got fired?
A pronoun is not a name
If you don't want to respect the people around you at work, you should be fired.
See how easy it is to fall into supporting compelled speech? It’s all for a good cause, after all…
No you don't understand it's not compelled speech if it's something I agree with.
If you go around your workplace intentionally calling your manager a 'woman' or a 'female' in spite of him being a cisgender man you will probably be fired quicker than you think. But by all means you can try and see how long you'll last.
See how easy it is to fall into assuming I care? This is not "compelled speech" in the sense of the Constitution, anyway, your disingenuous attempts to paint it as such notwithstanding.
I mean, it's also super inappropriate to run around calling a random guy with long hair she/her. It's obviously super inappropriate to call a female co-worker a man if she lifts weights, y'know? It's always been a firable offense. I don't see the difference here except to say we want to treat trans people special, or something, and I just think that's just bringing politics into it.