A backlash against gender ideology is starting in universities

Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by joshuamorton on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:00PM (#27610284)

What makes it forced or unnatural? It's intentional, to be sure, but hope does that make it less natural? Or put differently, how do you distinguish between a natural and unnatural change to language?

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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by kwanbix on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:53PM (#27610957)

Unnatural because they thought of inventing it, they started saying "tod@s" (todos is everyone), didn't catch, they then moved to "todxs", didn't catch, then they said "todes", and because people don't naturally use it. They even use it wrongly all the time. But more importantly, unnatural because if you have to impose it and call me names for not using it, you are doing it wrong.

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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by joshuamorton on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:13PM (#27613106)

> they thought of inventing it,

How is this different than any other term that was coined?

> didn't catch, they then moved to "todxs", didn't catch, then they said "todes", and because people don't naturally use it. They even use it wrongly all the time

This sounds like natural evolution to me. People try different terms until one sticks.

> But more importantly, unnatural because if you have to impose it and call me names for not using it, you are doing it wrong.

Why? You're calling their use of language "wrong". Can't they do the same?

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