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Webster’s Redefined ‘Sexual Preference’ After Amy Coney Barrett Used It To Match Leftist Talking Points
The Federalist ^ | October 14, 2020 | Jordan Davidson

Posted on 10/14/2020 11:26:30 AM PDT by fwdude

The online version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary changed the definition of “sexual preference” on the same day that senators scolded Judge Amy Coney Barrett for her use of the word during day two of her confirmation hearings.

When questioned by Democratic senators on the judiciary committee on Obergefell v. Hodges, which decreed a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, Sens. Mazie Hirono and Cory Booker reprimanded Barrett for using the term “sexual preference,” claiming that is was outdated and offensive.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: homofascism; homosexualagenda; merriamwebster; websters
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Reassessments and adjustments of dictionary definitions usually take years, if not decades. This one took hours to modify.

And faggots try to tell us they are so “powerless” in society.

1 posted on 10/14/2020 11:26:30 AM PDT by fwdude
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To: fwdude

There is a very definite downside to having everything online as opposed to published in book form.


2 posted on 10/14/2020 11:27:16 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: fwdude

1984


3 posted on 10/14/2020 11:28:11 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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To: 1Old Pro

Doubleplus ungood.


4 posted on 10/14/2020 11:28:59 AM PDT by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: fwdude

Even dictionaries are corrupt.


5 posted on 10/14/2020 11:29:27 AM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: fwdude

Well they can’t change my 1949 Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary which doesn’t have a definition for “sexual preference” nor any other modern two word phrases.


6 posted on 10/14/2020 11:34:44 AM PDT by Pollard (You can’t be for “defunding the police” and against “vigilantism” at the same time.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Yes, apparently it was meant to be a “how to” manual.


7 posted on 10/14/2020 11:35:17 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: fwdude
sexual preference noun

sexual pref·​er·​ence | \ -ˈpref-(ə-)rens \

Medical Definition of sexual preference

offensive, see usage paragraph below : SEXUAL ORIENTATION Usage of Sexual Preference

The term sexual preference as used to refer to sexual orientation is widely considered offensive in its implied suggestion that a person can choose who they are sexually or romantically attracted to.

8 posted on 10/14/2020 11:36:00 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: fwdude

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.“

George Orwell, 1984


9 posted on 10/14/2020 11:38:04 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clintons)
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To: fwdude

The word “equality” is outdated and deeply offensive to lovers of freedom.

I demand an apology from the Democrat Party for their repeated use of such filth!


10 posted on 10/14/2020 11:39:36 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: fwdude

My gigantic Webster’s Dictionary from the 30’s says otherwise.


11 posted on 10/14/2020 11:40:27 AM PDT by farming pharmer (fork you :(){ :|:& };:)
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To: fwdude
I'm a big fan of "proclivities."

Also "predilections."

12 posted on 10/14/2020 11:40:27 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: fwdude

Dictionaries don’t change anything; they are books. Word definitions are changed by, you guest it: People! What we want to know is this: WHO did this? Was it one person? Was it an editorial board? Whoever is was, they have Names. Where do they work? Where are they hiding? Inquiring minds want to know. Please tell us who you are, you sniveling cowards.


13 posted on 10/14/2020 11:40:32 AM PDT by Torahman (Remember the Maccabees)
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To: 1Old Pro

The Senate is a disgrace.


14 posted on 10/14/2020 11:40:51 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: fwdude
I went to the website and see Webster replaced the term "sexual preference" with "sexual orientation" on the basis that it's something one is born with and can't change.

Mayor Bill DiBlasio's wife (and ex-lesbian) Chirlane McCray plus their kids would beg to differ!


15 posted on 10/14/2020 11:43:19 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Good thing Webster’s is neutral/apolitical>s. I also object to using “gender” instead of “sex”. That’s to not offend the Karens.


16 posted on 10/14/2020 11:48:15 AM PDT by steve8714
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To: fwdude

So, the online dictionary, not just the social media, has a direct line to democrat central through which they get their orders to censor, wipe out.


17 posted on 10/14/2020 11:50:53 AM PDT by I want the USA back (4 More years! DJT!)
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To: Menehune56

https://masscentral.com/new-york-city-mayor-bill-de-blasio-praised-his-daughter-chiara-after-her-arrest-while-participating-in-a-protest-over-the-death-of-george-floyd/ Where is his deranged and hideous daughter in that photo?


18 posted on 10/14/2020 11:51:22 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: billorites
I'm a big fan of "proclivities."
Also "predilections."

I too can think of a lot of "P" words here, many of which would have had my dictionary taken away from me while I would be rinsing out the taste of soap!

19 posted on 10/14/2020 11:51:42 AM PDT by SES1066 (2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
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To: fwdude

Faggots and lesbos still works in my book.


20 posted on 10/14/2020 11:52:18 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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