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A comment on U.S. colleges ranked by number of affiliated Congressmembers. Parent comment

Re:U.S. colleges ranked by number of affiliated Congressmembers by blt on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @12:50PM (#11815974)
Why do you care so much? Why not err on the side of making non-males feel welcome? Isn't that more important than nice-sounding words?
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Re:U.S. colleges ranked by number of affiliated Congressmembers by jlarocco on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @01:49PM (#11816571)
"Why not err on the side of making non-males feel welcome? Isn't that more important than nice-sounding words?"

That's a false dichotomy. "Members of congress" is also gender neutral and doesn't require making a ridiculous new word.

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