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Post by High Priestess on Oct 6, 2016 14:32:19 GMT
I thought this was a page from a book by George Orwell, but this is REAL...in Canada, they are trying to pass a Federal Law to force you to use certain "genderless" pronouns when referring to certain people. THis is not about prohibiting people from using certain "bad" or offensive words -- no this goes beyond that and prohibits people from using the terms "him" or "her" in some instances. Hard to believe this is really happening...that the fanatics and lunatic fringe would push totalitarian agendas to this level. Apparently, there are things implied by the term "discriminate" that we would not have suspected. This doesn't mean just refusing to provide jobs or accomodations to trans indviduals, which is something that most of us could understand. No it is far more worrisome than that --- your right to use your own words is actually in danger! www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.3786140/i-m-not-a-bigot-meet-the-u-of-t-prof-who-refuses-to-use-genderless-pronouns-1.3786144
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Post by maggie on Oct 6, 2016 16:50:55 GMT
Wonder how that will work out in French!
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Post by High Priestess on Oct 6, 2016 19:12:21 GMT
I don't know much about French but I would assume that the language police would cover every language. I can visualize it now...masses of people uttering illegal pronouns, all over the city...rebellion through pronouns...and by the way I'll be one of those rebelling by speaking the wrong pronoun. Don't get me started when it comes to word police! It's literally North American Sharia in progress....
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