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    1800s rulings

    Good call

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    Father knows best

    I CALLED IT
    Called what?

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    That shes a phony .

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    1800s rulings

    Good call
    one of the landmark supreme court decisions in US history

    the guy was only 1/8 black (exactly like the situation you described)

    the guy had white skin

    he was still legally treated as black

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    That shes a phony .

    Father knows best
    Oh, you wouldn't vote for a phony?

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    one of the landmark supreme court decisions in US history

    the guy was only 1/8 black (exactly like the situation you described)

    the guy had white skin

    he was still legally treated as black
    1800s ruling. Good call

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    one of the landmark supreme court decisions in US history

    the guy was only 1/8 black (exactly like the situation you described)

    the guy had white skin

    he was still legally treated as black
    Exactly. The Supreme Court’s ruling still stands as far as the definition as to who is white and who is not.

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    Exactly. The Supreme Court’s ruling still stands as far as the definition as to who is white and who is not.
    And in Indiana its illegal to ridde a horse over 10mph

    Good luck enforcing both laws

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    One year ago, Harris tweeted that she would "take executive action to:

    "Revoke the licenses of gun manufacturers & dealers that break the law.
    "Require anyone who sells more than 5 guns/yr to run a background check on all gun sales.
    "Ban the importation of AR-15-style assault weapons."
    On May 20 of this year, Harris said she would also ban states from enacting "stand your ground" laws, which permit armed homeowners to defend themselves against the threat of murder, rape, kidnapping or bodily harm rather than retreat.

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    Conservative white folks policing who's a "real" African-American. Sounds about right.
    Always fun watching white people tell black people who's really black or not.
    iTocayo!

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    why does it bother you
    It bothers me. I'm latino.

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    As to why, it's the bas ization of an already very rich language...

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    It bothers me. I'm latino.
    Iden y politics smh

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    It bothers me. I'm latino.
    The taboo around gendered speech is a relative novelty. Social change can be rugged for old timers like you and me. You don't have to agree, but the custom is whatever it is at any particular time.

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    One year ago, Harris tweeted that she would "take executive action to:

    "Revoke the licenses of gun manufacturers & dealers that break the law.

    Ducks is good with laws being broken. You can stop whining about protesters now.

    "Require anyone who sells more than 5 guns/yr to run a background check on all gun sales.

    Ducks is good with selling anyone a gun, especially illegals.

    "Ban the importation of AR-15-style assault weapons."

    Ducks wants foreign assault weapons cuz American-made is not good enough.

    On May 20 of this year, Harris said she would also ban states from enacting "stand your ground" laws, which permit armed homeowners to defend themselves against the threat of murder, rape, kidnapping or bodily harm rather than retreat

    Stand your ground is not the castle doctrine.

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    The taboo around gendered speech is a relative novelty. Social change can be rugged for old timers like you and me. You don't have to agree, but the custom is whatever it is at any particular time.
    imo it comes down to showing basic consideration and respect for other people.

    You wouldn't pronounce someone's name wrong on purpose, right?

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    The taboo around gendered speech is a relative novelty. Social change can be rugged for old timers like you and me. You don't have to agree, but the custom is whatever it is at any particular time.
    imo it comes down to showing basic consideration and respect for other people.

    You wouldn't pronounce someone's name wrong on purpose, right?
    I don't think it has to do with young or old. I think it has to do with being well spoken, and understanding that communication is a critical part of our society.

    I don't particularly mind if a he wants me to call him a she... but the notion that we need to scrub away gender or sex from the language is simply unwarranted and destructive.

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    I do think scoffing at her "blackness" is fair, given the fact that race is at forefront of issues for liberals atm.

    She's barely black, tbf.

    JFC.

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    I don't think it has to do with young or old. I think it has to do with being well spoken, and understanding that communication is a critical part of our society.

    I don't particularly mind if a he wants me to call him a she... but the notion that we need to scrub away gender or sex from the language is simply unwarranted and destructive.
    For you perhaps, for others it might be otherwise.. Not respecting forms of address might be destructive for them, just as acknowleging those forms of address might be destructive for you.

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    I'm not doctrinaire about this, I take it case by case, fwiw.

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    Also, modern English has been lacking the neuter gender -- Early Modern and Medieval English didn't. Some of the so-called novelties have historical pedigree.

    (Obviously, some don't and are true novelties.)

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    I don't think it has to do with young or old. I think it has to do with being well spoken, and understanding that communication is a critical part of our society.

    I don't particularly mind if a he wants me to call him a she... but the notion that we need to scrub away gender or sex from the language is simply unwarranted and destructive.
    Don't they want to do away with grammar too? Maybe we can just grunt - free for all - anything goes.

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    For you perhaps, for others it might be otherwise.. Not respecting forms of address might be destructive for them, just as acknowleging those forms of address might be destructive for you.
    Sure, it's my opinion, never stated otherwise. I'm just making my case. I understand if as a society we want to accommodate concepts such as gender-neutral, I frankly don't oppose that, as it doesn't generally affects me, and if it makes somebody feel good, what's the big deal.

    However, when you start imposing, and it does affect me, and I feel it's not an improvement over what we had, then I speak out my mind. Deep down, I don't think it brings clarity or conciseness, but the other way around, and that's why I think it's destructive (in language/communication terms, not social terms).

    After all, the vast majority of people do identify with a gender. To be clear, my problem isn't with the addition of a new word to describe these people, but the somewhat forced replacement of other perfectly valid words in order to accommodate them.

    Lastly, I was speaking about Spanish. Latino means the same and is written the same, but it's a language with much more pronounced gender differentiation, and I feel in that case is really diluting the language.

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    Don't they want to do away with grammar too? Maybe we can just grunt - free for all - anything goes.
    I haven't heard of that.

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    What the are you hob knobs even talking about?

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