Posted on 09/14/2023 12:00:49 PM PDT by DallasBiff
I’m a teacher; my pronoun is _______.
If you answered, My pronoun is they, you’ve done nothing wrong. Yes, teachers are expected to model good grammar as well as teach it—they could lose their jobs if they don't—but no matter what you’ve been told before, singular they is grammatically correct, and the American Psychological Association's influential Publication Manual (7e) is the latest authority to agree. The APA manual stresses correct grammar in writing, and it approves the use of they, them, their, themselves, and even themself, when an individual’s pronouns are unknown or irrelevant
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I figured out a couple years ago when all this dumb stuff started that Arsehole is gender neutral, all inclusive and everybody has one.
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I saw a meme recently of Joe and Jill sitting on a bench and a dog lying at their feet, it was captioned, “Picture of dog with two ass holes”.
The left can redefine words for their own use but we don’t have to accept that. I am chagrined when intelligent posters fall right into Leftist definitions. Words are the tools of thought and if you allow them to turn to putty thought gets mushy. You have trouble saying what you think and then you have trouble thinking.
If you use a pronoun other than that referring to your sex at birth, you just might be a faggot!
HOMOSEXUAL, because there's nothing GAY about it.
Or what about that old standby “queer?” It doesn’t take so long to say.
When trying to maintain a polite conversation, one avoids words usually considered slurs. We often can't talk ABOUT some topics without accusations of hate flying about.
Which ties in with part 3 of my tagline.
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