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Vanity: NBC Uses Wrong Pronouns for Gay Club 'They/Them' Gunman
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Posted on 11/23/2022 5:46:20 AM PST by TigerClaws

Looking online at the MSM stories from the past several days regarding the gay night club shooting and the reporters haven't corrected the 'misprounning' of the allged perp, Anderson Lee Aldrich.

Here's just one example from NBC News:

"The 22-year-old suspect was arrested by police who arrived within minutes, authorities said Sunday. He was arrested on suspicion of five counts of first degree murder and five counts of bias motivated or hate crimes."

Isn't this offensive to non-binary folks? Shouldn't the story be corrected to read, "They was/were arrested ...." ?

Someone should call them out for not following their own 'rules.' This will also 'rabbit hole' the story as it doesn't fit the narrative the MSM pushed for two days after the shooting took place (shooter was MAGA-loving right-winger Tucker fan).

AP Style Book recognizes "they" as a singular pronoun:

So the MSM using "he/him" is actually offensive now to non-binaries, such as this shooter, and all of the stories should be updated to correct being offensive to they.

Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wife-colorado-veteran-tackled-gunman-lgbtq-club-describes-harrowing-mo-rcna58248

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/ap-stylebook-embraces-they-singular-gender-neutral-pronoun-n739076


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To: CatHerd

From looking at the Dailymail article you showed, it seems that this family really had it all together...ROFLMAO!!!!!


21 posted on 11/23/2022 6:47:16 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Paperpusher

Yes. Rather than a random ‘hate crime’ it appears to be a targeted attack on someone in the club.

Props to the veteran who was there and disarmed the kid, then beat ‘they’ with ‘they’s’ own gun.

I believe the ‘new rules’ are reporters have to go back and correct these old stories. Ellen Page is now “Elliot Page” and to say otherwise is to ‘dead name.’


22 posted on 11/23/2022 7:01:57 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: JBW1949

Yep, some of the comments on the article are funny, too. I can’t help wondering how long before Biden swipes the slimy father’s stage name.


23 posted on 11/23/2022 7:05:04 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: TigerClaws

The presenter and staff should be FIRED!!!!!!

lol...yeah, you’re completely correct.


24 posted on 11/23/2022 7:18:09 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: CatHerd

Did you catch one of the victim’s names? Last name Rump... You can’t make this shit up.


25 posted on 11/23/2022 7:32:45 AM PST by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: kvanbrunt2
If i get the urge to take a dump on my neighbor’s lawn should my pronoun be dog?

Depends upon whether you lift your leg or squat.

26 posted on 11/23/2022 8:00:20 AM PST by NautiNurse (There was a 2022 mid-term Red Wave...in Florida! )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Him and me had a beer”

That’s just poor grammar. Not the same.


27 posted on 11/23/2022 10:21:20 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: bk1000

Sure. But the effect is exact same no matter how you get there.

When kids can’t even get that simple grammatical construction right, imagine when the new woke rules throw out every rule of grammar and there are no holds barred. The language will be incomprehensible.


28 posted on 11/23/2022 10:29:01 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
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CNN is joining in the hate crime of mis-pronouning the perp:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11463545/Awkward-moment-CNN-anchor-finds-Colorado-gay-club-shooter-NON-BINARY.html


29 posted on 11/23/2022 6:22:01 PM PST by TigerClaws
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