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Guardian: Correct Grammar is a Racist Power Imbalance
Truth Revolt ^ | 4/23/16 | Mark Tapson

Posted on 04/23/2016 5:23:29 PM PDT by markomalley

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To: markomalley

“Ah dindo nuffin.” Is now the proper non-racist grammar.


21 posted on 04/23/2016 5:51:47 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: dfwgator
“Lets eat grandma!”

“Lets eat, grandma!”

Let me correct that for you:

"Let's eat grandma!"

"Let's eat, grandma!"

I know, don't tell me, I'm just showing off my multi-ethnic privilege here.

22 posted on 04/23/2016 6:00:01 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: markomalley
I've actually experienced this. I've had to deal with angry moms and angry grandmas because I deduct points for this in speech class. It's part of their culture, donchaknow.
23 posted on 04/23/2016 6:07:19 PM PDT by goodwithagun (March 3, 2016: The date FReepers justified the "goodness" of Planned Parenthood.)
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To: dainbramaged
There, their, they're. Yule B ok.
24 posted on 04/23/2016 6:09:21 PM PDT by goodwithagun (March 3, 2016: The date FReepers justified the "goodness" of Planned Parenthood.)
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To: JonPreston

You mean “Them needs two loose there privaludge.”

See, I knew what you meant.


25 posted on 04/23/2016 6:10:02 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Do you mean now?" -- Yogi Berra, when asked for the time.)
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To: markomalley

There are some people for whom what she is saying is true. Those people should not be educated. Every dollar spent on that type is flushed down the toilet. There is no reason everyone in this world should be educated. Maybe countries like India, where education isn’t compulsory, have it right.


26 posted on 04/23/2016 6:12:18 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Off the NWO)
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To: markomalley

Hand’s of are grammer!!


27 posted on 04/23/2016 6:12:42 PM PDT by FewsOrange
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To: markomalley

Well, there is formal and informal grammar in every language. The informal grammar is NOT wrong, because common usage dictates the rules of the language, however it IS wrong to use informal grammar in formal settings.


28 posted on 04/23/2016 6:14:59 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: dainbramaged

Hopefully you mean you COULDN’T care less about them.


29 posted on 04/23/2016 6:15:23 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Off the NWO)
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To: gaijin

Great talker with keen insight. Love him. Even if he is a bit mixed up right now.


30 posted on 04/23/2016 6:16:38 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Off the NWO)
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To: markomalley

“I be
You be
He be
She be
We be
You be
They be”

“Barbecue, watermelon,Cadillac car
We’re not as dumb
As you think we is!”


31 posted on 04/23/2016 6:19:13 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: markomalley

Language is supposed to communicate a message in a clear manner. Proper grammar and syntax use will insure that the message will be understood by all people educated in that language.

I wonder if it has ever dawned on these illiterates that much of their problem is an inability to articulate their message. It has nothing to do with race. It has to do with culture.

And how racist is it to expect that the white people have the natural capacity to be bilingual, and the non-whites are not.


32 posted on 04/23/2016 6:19:49 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: dainbramaged

Pretty soon they are going to claim that whites are “culturally appropriating” poor language skills.


33 posted on 04/23/2016 6:20:32 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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To: markomalley

Words have specific meanings. Proper usage of grammar and specific word selection allows a writer or speaker to share their exact thoughts and ideas, without the confusion of interpretation by the reader or listener. There is absolutely nothing racist about that expectation.


34 posted on 04/23/2016 6:36:11 PM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: exDemMom

sweet irony..lol.


35 posted on 04/23/2016 6:41:14 PM PDT by sdpatriot ("Thank you very much, sdpatriot!! Smooch!" - from JR - send him a buck!!!!)
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To: max americana

You’re lucky. Ten years ago had to deal with an HR lady who believed that 93 percent of all communication content was emotional. This was in a major engineering company!


36 posted on 04/23/2016 6:43:30 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: goodwithagun

That is not ‘culture’. That is ignorance at best, toxic laziness and idiocy at worst. The adherents to this ‘culture’ only continue to emphasize their lack of education, further crippling their ability to procure and maintain gainful employment now and in the future.


37 posted on 04/23/2016 6:44:36 PM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: markomalley

There is no there there, unless they’re there with their care bear.


38 posted on 04/23/2016 6:45:47 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: ichabod1
Hopefully you mean you COULDN’T care less about them.
Work with me, FRiend :o)
39 posted on 04/23/2016 6:46:44 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: markomalley

Breathing is racist.

Walking is racist.

Neckties are racist.

Blue jeans are racist.

Good grief, what’s wrong with this world?


40 posted on 04/23/2016 6:49:53 PM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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