Sep 6, 2023·edited Sep 7, 2023Liked by William A. Ferguson
"There is no need for ANYONE to know your gender unless 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲"
Isn't this sleeping with the enemy? We don't say "anyone are." Before these nonbinary brats the Lazy They was an occasional sloppiness by people who didn't think ahead before speaking and writing. Since, it's become exceedingly common, in some workplaces it's required, and we have stood by not resisting any more than most people resisted the rest of the gender identity orthodoxy.
Yes this is a personal peeve of mine, I have not used this abhorrent grammar in 56 years and I can rewrite any usage thereof with fewer words (or, as morons say now, "less words") and without some awkward workaround. But I've had to think ahead before speaking my whole life, first because I was a stutterer and then because I speak several languages that have grammatical cases, gendered nouns, reflexive verbs; speakers of those languages can't just slop out "grunt-groan blawwwww" like entertainment-addled American speakers. The ducks must be laid in their rows. Aus, außer, bei, mit, nach, von, zu. Durch, für, gegen, ohne, um.
OK, never mind my personal peeve, but while I strive to be less of a nuisance about it, sometimes I want to scream "𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓? 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐔𝐏 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑭𝑼𝑪𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑫." Anyone who wants to recite the canned responses ("language evolves (smile)"; "this goes back to Chaucer"; "it's a time-honored gender-neutral honk-honk"), save it. English makes fewer grammatical demands on speakers than even the Vietnamese I speak all day now, yet common speech gets worse every year. "Less people." "Very unique." Jesus Fucking Christ. Fewer water. Pretty soon federal officials on camera will be using "ain't" and double negatives again.
The point in this article is a very good one: "Hi, I like to blow black men, what gets you wet?" and it's adulterated right out the gate by conceding to a nonbinary demand. There is no point to "gender-neutral language," it's stupid. The generic "he" never put anyone in leg irons. And the whole idea of "gender" needs to be erased from law and science. And speech. Those of us who subscribe to these oppositional substacks are aboard with this, and as Mike Ehrmantraut said to Walter White, "no half-measures."
"There is no need for ANYONE to know your gender unless 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲"
Isn't this sleeping with the enemy? We don't say "anyone are." Before these nonbinary brats the Lazy They was an occasional sloppiness by people who didn't think ahead before speaking and writing. Since, it's become exceedingly common, in some workplaces it's required, and we have stood by not resisting any more than most people resisted the rest of the gender identity orthodoxy.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/dFjUjSJplfs?si=EZUneoVwiRuit5l3&start=93&end=115&autoplay=1
Yes this is a personal peeve of mine, I have not used this abhorrent grammar in 56 years and I can rewrite any usage thereof with fewer words (or, as morons say now, "less words") and without some awkward workaround. But I've had to think ahead before speaking my whole life, first because I was a stutterer and then because I speak several languages that have grammatical cases, gendered nouns, reflexive verbs; speakers of those languages can't just slop out "grunt-groan blawwwww" like entertainment-addled American speakers. The ducks must be laid in their rows. Aus, außer, bei, mit, nach, von, zu. Durch, für, gegen, ohne, um.
OK, never mind my personal peeve, but while I strive to be less of a nuisance about it, sometimes I want to scream "𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓? 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐔𝐏 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑭𝑼𝑪𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑫." Anyone who wants to recite the canned responses ("language evolves (smile)"; "this goes back to Chaucer"; "it's a time-honored gender-neutral honk-honk"), save it. English makes fewer grammatical demands on speakers than even the Vietnamese I speak all day now, yet common speech gets worse every year. "Less people." "Very unique." Jesus Fucking Christ. Fewer water. Pretty soon federal officials on camera will be using "ain't" and double negatives again.
The point in this article is a very good one: "Hi, I like to blow black men, what gets you wet?" and it's adulterated right out the gate by conceding to a nonbinary demand. There is no point to "gender-neutral language," it's stupid. The generic "he" never put anyone in leg irons. And the whole idea of "gender" needs to be erased from law and science. And speech. Those of us who subscribe to these oppositional substacks are aboard with this, and as Mike Ehrmantraut said to Walter White, "no half-measures."
As Keith Olbermann said, "resist."
More extended discussion here:
https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/when-asked-what-are-your-pronouns
PS: "There's no need to exchange genders unless you plan to fornicate together."