Imagine being brought to be well-mannered and well-spoken. To have a sort of grace. To be well dressed, and respectful of others as we respect ourselves.
Technology may make it somewhat easier for any old schmoe to appear intelligent, but in a face-to-face meeting, the character who says: “Ya know, it's, like, and whatever. I mean, the effing guys. They're like effing dogs. YaknowhatImsayin?”
Why hire someone with low cultural values like that? Being able to present yourself well may become the one characteristic that can't be faked.
The way our so-called representatives in Congress and various state legislatures have turned out wide-ranging laws to protect minorities of every stripe it’s only a matter of time before those of us who use proper English will be prohibited from criticizing (either verbally or by facial expression) those who do not.
Look for a new -ing along with the requisite -ism to make an appearance soon after some leftist think tank spins a treatise on how language barriers have deprived x% of recent high school graduates of good paying jobs due to . . language discrimination.
How could this happen? Members of nearly every other minority, either by nature or self-imposed or self-defined, are given protection against “discrimination” with heavy penalties levied against violators. Why not close the loop and capture another underrepresented group of gullibles?
In all likelihood there’s a Democrat in Congress already working on it and salivating. .
The title will have to be something innocuous, of course, so as to enable sneaking it in as an amendment to some popular bill that’s certain to pass. Something such as Protecting Alternative Language, abbreviated PAL, should do the trick.