Pronouns
Preferred: "Belongs to I AM". Optional: The name I was given when I was baptized. Unacceptable: They/Them.
The mandatory listing of "pronouns" is a mandatory declaration of ideology.
Language is holographic in that conventional grammar mutually reinforces the ideas being transmitted. Outside of technical communications, 80% of the words can be omitted (or skimmed over when reading) and the core message is still transmitted with fidelity because tense, gender, plurality and relationships are redundantly captured by the transmitter's choice of words.
Deliberately bastardizing this system with fantasy and inaccurate "pronouns" sabotages efficient communication.
The SJWs are now telling us that "They/Them" are the new, generic "Y'all" or neutral pronoun. My objection to that is that unless you are a mental health profession who is providing care to me, you do not have the authority to diagnose me as having multiple personalities or being bipolar. That is what calling me (one person, singular) "They/Them" is...it is stigmatizing me as being mentally ill.
It also means that my evil-twin, Skippy, can murder you and you cannot hold my other personalities accountable and you cannot punish us. Are you sure you want to go down that road?
Dumpster fire
Things in D.C. are turning into a first-class dumpster fire. Just drop the Epstein files.
Darwin is probably watching the evolution of media with great interest. Mainstream Media is tracking in one direction. Social media platforms are ALL over the place.
It would be interesting to take a survey of waitresses and how many of them are aware that the Democrats in the Senate stopped the passage of legislation that will remove the Federal income tax on their tips. The irksome thing about taxes on tips is that the IRS requires that business withhold pay based on estimates of what the customers might have tipped. That is, taxes are levied on phantom income.
It would also be interesting to take a survey of people who are paid "hourly" to determine how many of them realize that the Democrats in the Senate stopped the passage of legislation that reduced the income tax they will pay on their over-time?
It is my perception that the Democrats are kicking their historical constituents squarely in the wallet. Most of those constituents are not stupid. The information is out there. It is percolating through non-MSM channels. They are going to look at Chuck Schumer (estimated family net worth of +$60 million) and think "Maybe this guy really doesn't represent my best-interests any more"
The Political process in this country is irretrievably broken IMO.
ReplyDeleteBurn it down, hang the traitors, start over from the original documents AS THEY WERE WRITTEN, not interpreted. Shall Not Be Infringed means, shall not be infringed.
Subtle, I like subtle.
DeleteMaybe someday your get your wish and when the lights go out because folks are rioting and the power crew cannot get out safely to repair them...
The truckers cannot drive through the burning blue cities (did you HAPPEN TO NOTICE that most highways go through those cities? I used to drive OTR across this fine country, not a lot of viable alternative routes) that the grocery stores are empty and the water-sewage crews are OUT of their resupply in less than a week (EPA Rules about HAZMAT storage on site). No food, no fuel, no SAFE WATER (ever hear of the 3 day rule about lack of water? Hint, you get really sick, weak and die miserably)
No power, no internet to spew your thoughts on, no EMS working so that fire is YOUR PROBLEM and soon your neighbor's problem.
Old folks don't do well in that situation, nor does babies and smaller children as history proves every freaking time.
But Heros don't read history. Otherwise, they'd KNOW like the French Revolution that "Hang the Traitors" often includes the Leaders of the Revolution for not being "Revolutionary Enough".
You know the RESULTS of your "Burn it down" tantrums.
ERJ, for the most part I find myself not using pronouns at all, referring to people by name or as "the individual/individuals". Or "Y'all", as I find it does the job with a certain Southern flair.
ReplyDeleteMy understanding is that "they", "them" and "their" is not new when referring to someone of unknown or unspecified gender. I believe it's used that way in the King James Bible a few times.
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly more elegant than saying "he/she", "him/her" and "his/hers" in everyday speech.
Interestingly, singular "they" still takes plural verb agreement.
"What *is* he doing" vs. "What *are* they doing"
However, remember that the singular "you" also takes plural verb agreement.
"What *are* you doing"
You might be open to the consideration that your resistance to the singular use of "they", "them" and "their" is also politically and ideologically charged.
"They/Them" are 3rd person pronouns from what I remember of English class, First person is "I" and 2nd is "You"...
ReplyDeleteIf I am speaking about Sara to Mary, I will refer to Sara by whatever pronoun I damn-well want to use. Sara doesn't get to control my speech.