https://freerepublic.com/tag/dieterhallervorden/ en-us Fri, 8 Mar 2019 23:18:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3733221/posts A group of German authors, comedians and academics have added fuel to the flames of an increasingly bad-tempered culture war over language bias by calling for a fightback against “ridiculous linguistic constructions” designed to make German more gender-neutral. In an open letter published by the Dortmund-based German Language Association, signatories including the philosopher Rüdiger Safranski, novelist Peter Schneider, comedian Dieter Hallervorden and the former head of the country’s domestic intelligence Hans-Georg Maassen, hit back against calls for more gender-neutral generic nouns..(snip) ...The protest letter, headed “An end to gender nonsense!” and published shortly before International Women’s Day, argues that the... The Guardian UK https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3733221/posts#comment Fri, 8 Mar 2019 23:18:36 GMT