The issue with this whole gender pronoun issue is that, on the one hand, some people are just dicks and that's bad. On the other hand, some people are very eager to use government violence to force other people to use certain words.

In my opinion, force is way worse than people being dicks. Don't get me wrong, I would definitely respect someone's preferences, but you should also respect someone else's choice to be a dick. Hopefully the dicks will see the consequences of their behavior and adapt.