Posted on 07/26/2019 5:47:02 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
It was a revolution largely run by sociopaths. One, Robespierre, the “messianic schoolmaster,” saw it as an opportunity for the moral instruction of the nation. Everything would be politicized, no part of the citizen’s life left untouched. As man was governed by an “empire of images,” in the words of a Jacobin intellectual, the new régime would provide new images to shape new thoughts.
...There is the latest speech guide from the academy, the Inclusive Communications Task Force at Colorado State University. Don’t call people “American,” it directs: “This erases other cultures.” Don’t say a person is mad or a lunatic, call him “surprising/wild” or “sad.” “Eskimo,” “freshman” and “illegal alien” are out. “You guys” should be replaced by “all/folks.” Don’t say “male” or “female”; say “man,” “woman” or “gender non-binary.”
...“Gender Neutral Pronouns—What They Are & How to Use Them.”
He/She—Zie, Sie, Ey, Ve, Tey, E
Him/Her—Zim, Sie, Em, Ver, Ter, Em
His/Her—Zir, Hir, Eir, Vis, Tem, Eir
Himself/Herself—Zieself, Hirself, Eirself, Verself, Terself, Emself...
It’s all insane. All of it.
You wonder how the people who push all this got so much power. But then, how did Robespierre?
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Peggy Noonan. That’s enough for me to ignore whatever it is being written about.
Does anyone hold her opinion something of value?
Well, Peggy, I think part of the problem is that spineless RINOs like yourself have consistently failed to support patriotic Conservatives who value true American values. People like Donald Trump. Have you supported him, Peggy? And you wonder why the Left has made progress?
I believe the silliest part is they still insist on different pronouns for men and women, just not his/hers. Its like cussing in a foreign language. I guess people aren’t as offended if they can’t understand what is being said.
Conservatism is ran by intellectuals who always get dunked on by moralists.
The key is that sociopaths are in charge, just like France in the early 1790s.
Maybe they’ll demand Spanish and Arabic no longer used gender distinctions in verbs and adjectives. I’m sure they’ll all be down and woke with the New Concept. Remember there are future, according to our betters.
Shooting the messenger?
“The first messenger, that gave notice of Lucullus’ coming was so far from pleasing Tigranes that, he had his head cut off for his pains, and no man dared to bring further information. Without any intelligence at all, Tigranes sat while war was already blazing around him, giving ear only to those who flattered him”.
The other day, there was a discussion about using unethical Nazi human experimentation data.
If such data would help you or a loved escape a difficult situation, would you want it used?
Stopped clocks, blind squirrels, dumbgrunts...
The key is that sociopaths are in charge, just like France in the early 1790s.
And that is the point, not the history of the writer.
Thank you.
no part of the citizen’s life left untouched.
elitism + paternalism + sociopaths = error + terror + mass murder
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Thank you.
It is interesting that Robespierre and almost all the Jacobin leaders of the French Revolution (and the ensuing reign of terror) were lawyers and judges. And just what is the modern day left composed of? This should give us pause. This is why we have a 2nd Amendment.
“Thou ruttish fool-born bum-bailey!”
I’ve taken to using the Shakespeare Insult Generator when someone denies being one of our two sexes. People who are THIS confused to begin with won’t have any idea that I’m insulting them. ;)
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html
Are Conservatives so easily swayed that a few writers change election results?
NO!
A friend pronounced McCain as lacking in purity and shouted it from the rooftops! VOTE THIRD PARTY!!!! In four years EVERYONE will beg for a ‘True Conservative’!!!!
He was not alone on the road to hell.
Purity of Essence or nothing!!!!
Then you’re missing out. It’s a good piece.
It’s not about “using” different pronouns. It’s about forcing other people to use those pronouns when the other people talk about the insane ones.
These are third person pronouns, used when talking ABOUT someone, not TO someone. The insane person is not necessarily present.
When you speak to someone you say “You.” There is no female you, and no male you. Just you.
Bad enough, but they rushed to pass laws that criminalize the use of standard, normal pronouns. Those laws are invalid, but it doesn’t matter. They can roast your a$$ as well with an invalid law, as with a valid one. It is completely unreasonable to force a person to learn a different set of pronouns for each person, and then to criminalize failure. There is no law forcing us to get a person’s name correct, because most people have some trouble remembering the name of every person they have ever met. These laws reflect the fascist, thought control totalitarian nature of the democrat party.
In the end, Robespierre had his head chopped off, and what does this have to do with the French revolution?
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I think it would be a lot harder to promote gender neutral pronouns in most other languages because all nouns are classified as masculine or feminine. You can refer to them with a non gender pronoun but it’s more common at least in French, to use a gender specific pronoun for the noun rather than the non-specific pronoun. So, for example an automobile is more commonly referred as “she” instead of it.
You also have more words that are specific to gender. This is common for jobs, professions. In English you do have actress and actor (they now want to only call them selves actor now) but most professions are not gender specific in English.
A point totally lost on Noonan and other Conservative, Inc #NeverTrump'ers
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