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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by mbg721 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @09:24PM (#26351730)
Here in Flyover Country, these debates sound entirely bizarre. I was going to say "It sounds like everyone's lost their minds", and I noticed I didn't say "his mind", so clearly there's a lag.
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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by readflaggedcomm on Thursday March 04, 2021 @09:39PM (#26351838)
"Their" as a neuter/indeterminate plural goes back centuries. Which is to say that Midwest usage isn't part of that culture war.
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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by mbg721 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @10:45PM (#26352364)
That's fair. I don't think that anybody who says that is thinking much about it, but isn't that the point? To establish the default that nobody thinks about?
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