Posted on 11/22/2022 5:19:35 AM PST by simpson96
In Vermont’s Randolph Elementary School last year, a third-grade boy was disciplined and made to apologize to a girl classmate who instructed those around her that she desired to be addressed by the pronouns “they” and “them.” The boy was compelled to use the speech elected by the girl; not the other way around. The boy is deprived of the choice of what pronouns of the English language he must employ -- these are determined in “gender theory” not by rules of grammar but of self-identity. This is profoundly foolish, but is increasingly the fad at ideologically-polluted public schools.
The boy in question had remarked to another boy simply “That girl ran 15 laps.” This was a verboten use of trans-English, and the girl promptly reported the boy to the language police. Both boys missed recess awaiting the official verdict -- they were compelled to apologize to the biological girl, who self-identifies (for the moment) as “they.”
The problem for the eight-year-old boy is that his brain does not warp like the warped dimensions of gender pronouns: he is rooted in the functional linguistics imprinted by his parents, and normative thinking. Vermont third-graders are governed by “teachers” who do not understand what they are teaching -- have the adults imposing these rules memorized the dozens of gender identities and gender pronouns that have rapidly proliferated? This foolish thinking proposes an infinite number of gender pronouns, and even neopronouns.
The defining characteristic of these shifting linguistic sands is that they are based on subjective feelings. Grammarly instructs:
Pronouns are an important part of English. Understanding how to use personal pronouns is essential for being able to talk about people accurately and respectfully. ….Pronouns have evolved to represent people’s identities beyond the gender binary of masculine (he/him) and feminine (she/her).
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The proper response to the pronoun fad, is you just say “Oh, I don’t participate in that”. Ideally with a dismissive wave of the hand.
Do not engage.
Elementary school is already geared towards girls.
I’m in my 40s, and can’t sit at a desk for 8 hours.
School is way too many hours, and largely just a day care.
Abolish government schools.
Flip the script. As a parent, I would employ a strategy.
I stand to pee is my non job answer. If anyone at work were to ask, I would say you know my name.
You can’t have Lord, as I called to be referred to as Lord Humungus on FR years ago.
This is for after the coming economic meltdown.
“My pronouns are king and lord. Don’t shame me, even though they’re strictly not pronouns”
Actually this brings up a solid legit question. If the libs are going to go full throttle with this b.s., they can’t really draw a line for anyone who wants to be called anything. This is like claiming a woman is undefinable and men can get pregnant...they believe that until it collides with abortion being a woman’s right and pro-lifers are men who want to control women.
My pronoun would be “Your Magesty” or “Your Grace”.
What?
Earlier in the year I was at a quaterly work event with my team and we were at a very nice restaurant and the freaky waitress with weird piercings and makeup asked my what mine were and I responded “Sir/Yes Sir” would work for tonight
She nodded and walked away, few minutes later a young man walked up and announced to our table he would be waiting on us -he was grinning ear to ear as he seemed to clearly understand that waiting on a dozen of us at our table for the night without any silliness would pretty much guarantee a 5-700$ tip
Call them by what they are: It/It
try using master...and better duck for cover
Sounds like CPS needs to step in and remove the “they/them” from it’s irresponsible parents.
The only pronoun used to address the person you are talking to is “you,” and There are no gendered versions of that.
The public school system is evil and must be destroyed. We need war crimes trials for public school teachers and administrators.
The New England states should be their own country!
This particular story had a happy ending. The boy was taken out of that WeirdsVille school, enrolled into a private school, where he wasn’t required to use those artificial pronouns. He is once again thriving and enjoying school.
Public school teachers are evil. If this had been my child....
If I were the father of that boy, i’d be serving notice that my lawyer would be contacting them shortly.
And this my friends is CHILD ABUSE. Somebody needs their/they/its asses thrown in jail.
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