Posted on 05/06/2022 11:38:12 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The AP Style Guide recently made an update to its inclusive language protocols, adding the phrase "pregnant people" to cover trans or nonbinary people who can get pregnant but don’t identify as women.
On Wednesday, Associated Press reporter Kimberlee Kruesi – who announces her pronouns in her Twitter bio – alerted Twitter to the new guidance. She tweeted, "New AP style guidance alert" and shared a screenshot of the update.
The entry also included instructions on usage for the phrase "people who seek an abortion."
It stated, "Phrasing like pregnant people or people who seek an abortion seeks to include people who have those experiences but do not identify as women, such as some transgender men and some nonbinary people."
The second half of the entry specified where and when the "phrasing" should be used, "Such phrasing should be confined to stories that specifically address the experiences of people who do not identify as women. See gender, sex and sexual orientation."
Many conservatives were insulted, confused, or amused at seeing this entry on their Twitter feeds.
Washington Free Beacon author Joe Gabriel Simonson captioned the screenshot of the entry, writing, "New Democratic Party instructions alert."
And Heroes of Liberty editor Bethany Mandel tweeted, "Not great timing for the ‘women’s rights’ crusaders."
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Was anything different expected given the AP style guide is nothing more than an extension of Libtard Leftist Academia? Really!?! “Come on, Man!” /s
Well, tampon dispensers in the boys room in oreGONE. Menstruating persons? Yeah, we heard that on the radio in a clip yesterday.
Will this insanity ever end?
Does the style guide alert people that AP now stands for Asinine Press?
That’s better than “Asspress.”
“people who seek an abortion”
Of whom? Someone inside them, someone inside someone else, themselves, or someone else? It’s confusing.
I prefer the term “aborting people”
It’s intentional and will not stop.
I think there is (was?) a special parking spot or two for “Expectant Mothers” at several shopping centers. Since words don’t mean anything (unless they mean everything?) I think I am a woman in my first trimester, and I can use those spaces.
[just kidding. What a effed up world.]
How embarrassing for the AP...
This is silly. It does not matter what one “identifies as”.
That is a meaningless statement.
Indulging the delusions of the mentally ill is the worst thing you can do.
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