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Berkeley bans 'male-centric' language in city code, like 'manhole,' 'manmade'
www.washingtontimes.com ^
| Thursday, July 18, 2019
| By Jessica Chasmar
Posted on 07/18/2019 10:48:00 AM PDT by Red Badger
The city of Berkeley, California, is updating its municipal code to exclude gendered words like manhole and manmade in favor of more inclusive language, according to a new ordinance.
The City Council voted Tuesday night to adopt the new ordinance eliminating gender preference language in its code.
Manholes will now be called maintenance holes, firemen will become firefighters, manmade will be artificial and all instances of men and women will be replaced by people. Gendered pronouns, such as he and she will also be replaced with they.
Theres power in language, the bills primary author, Berkeley City Council member Rigel Robinson, told CNN. This is a small move, but it matters.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: berkeley; california; codebook; genderneutral; homosexualagenda; insanity; leftists; lgbt; localnews; pc; rigelrobinson; transgender
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
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posted on
07/18/2019 11:45:57 AM PDT
by
faturism
(faturism k)
To: gubamyster
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posted on
07/18/2019 11:46:25 AM PDT
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the disco)
To: Magnum44
He-man......no way.....that is sooooo politically incorrect don’t ya know. Libs hate real men because evidently there is no such thing [said NO real woman EVER] soy boys, dork knobs , oh that reminds me, what will they call man buns from now on? We can only pray that their lack of sex awareness, perversion and love of abortion will lead to self-extinction.
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posted on
07/18/2019 11:51:55 AM PDT
by
faturism
(faturism k)
To: dangus
This is Berkley... Manholes is a confusing term in the San Francisco area Not to be confused with the name of a certain gay bar...
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posted on
07/18/2019 11:52:05 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: gubamyster
Womanhole? That will be mistaken for kamala.
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posted on
07/18/2019 11:57:13 AM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
('DEPLORABLE' Charter Member of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy - and DAMN Proud of it!.)
To: Red Badger
"Theres power in language, the bills primary author, Berkeley City Council member Rigel Robinson, told CNN. This is a small move, but it matters. LOL! What doesn't she change her last name??? Rigel Robinperson.
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:12:58 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
To: Red Badger
And that was the end of “mansplaining”.
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:15:01 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
To: Red Badger
Life is already better in Berkeley today. The sun came up earlier, the birds sang louder, crime vanished, homelessness gone, the streets are clean enough to eat off of, all is wonderful in Berkeley. Sort of like cities that have taken down the Confederate statues. The difference is wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To: Red Badger
It fascinates me that Berkeley has so few problems that they have time to spend on such a thing!
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posted on
07/18/2019 12:51:58 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(We can be called a racist and we'll just smile. Because we don't care.)
To: lgjhn23
These people are either purposely contaminating our culture or they are seriously deranged and need professional help.
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posted on
07/18/2019 1:19:03 PM PDT
by
subterfuge
(RIP T.P.)
To: Hadean
since son and daughter are replaced by “sibling”, I guess that would be Robin persibling.
To: dangus
They’re called “glory holes.”
To: Red Badger; Jim Robinson
These frauds have a serious problem that must be addressed before they can become truly gender neutral and thats the male name of their politically correct, whacked-out, Left-wing city.
Established in 1868 by an Irish bishop George Berkeley, the University and city bear his name! Drats! Are these council members aware of their citys inconvenient history? What are they going to do to address this historical error?
Bishop George Berkeley was probably celebate, but thats not the same as neutered, so to make Berkeley gender neutral should the city council change its name?
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posted on
07/18/2019 1:50:08 PM PDT
by
onyx
To: DungeonMaster
That would be Hugt Persiblingatee
To: onyx; Red Badger; Mrs. Don-o
Image borrowed from post by Mrs. Don-o.
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posted on
07/18/2019 2:53:13 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: Jim Robinson
Yes!.............................
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posted on
07/18/2019 2:53:57 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: Jim Robinson; Mrs. Don-o
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posted on
07/18/2019 3:06:26 PM PDT
by
onyx
To: Red Badger; 100American; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...
These people are as nutty as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs!
Combined PING! and DANG!
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posted on
07/18/2019 5:45:12 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
PLEASE!
NUTTY? NUTTY?
THEY ARE BAT SHIT CRAZY!
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posted on
07/18/2019 6:02:07 PM PDT
by
Taxman
(We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
To: Two Kids' Dad
I go there for permits for my jobs
Its All women and minority types Many black women
Theyre nice but not so smart
I dont care. I just want my permit otc
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posted on
07/18/2019 6:25:13 PM PDT
by
Truthoverpower
(The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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