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originally posted by: 5thHead
originally posted by: PorkChop96
People with autism are also more susceptible to coercion, influence, or manipulation by people with authority. They also have a harder time distinguishing fact from fiction in any situations.
Yeah, I think she's arguing that trannies are a bunch of retards.
Wow, I agree with Annie for once
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: Annee
But I looked up a very brief summary of her report. I take no issue with further studies and setting higher standards for supporting the kids.
originally posted by: rigel4
a reply to: Consvoli
Just read this A Beginners Guide to Pronouns
Honestly what a heap of sh1t
The World needs to get a grip
“It was a curiosity. Somebody coined pronouns because they felt a word was missing from English,” he said. “A few of the words made it into dictionaries. None of them ever achieved widespread use.
“One word that seems to be filling the gap is the singular ‘they,’” he said.
Some people object to using “they” as a singular pronoun, but Baron points out that “you” at one time was strictly a plural pronoun. It wasn’t accepted as singular until the 17th century.
Authors including Shakespeare often have used the singular “they.”
“Writers, if they want to conceal somebody’s gender or if gender is irrelevant, need to have a word, and the only word we have is ‘they,’” Baron said. “There are examples where writers use the singular ‘they’ to create suspense or to create comedy. There’s a place in ‘The Pickwick Papers’ where Dickens uses it to conceal gender for a page or so. Agatha Christie puts it in Hercule Poirot’s mouth: ‘I’m using the generic male, but the killer could be a woman.’ You see it all over the place as a literary device.”
The pronoun debate, particularly in the 19th century, involved legal as well as literary implications, Baron said. The courts and government debated whether the use of the generic “he” in law excluded women.
“Suffragists argued from the 1870s to the early 1900s that if ‘he’ is treated as generic in criminal law, then the voter ‘he’ should include women as well,” Baron said.
originally posted by: Annee
a reply to: WakeUpBeer
Yeah, sorry I haven't read that particular post.
Been too much stuff goin' on at this end last few days.
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: Annee
You refuse to acknowledge though, or even consider, all the darker stuff.
originally posted by: Annee
I enjoy your posts.
originally posted by: Annee
Yeah, sorry I haven't read that particular post.
originally posted by: WakeUpBeer
a reply to: Annee
Annee, before just now, I thought you were someone who might be capable of changing some of your viewpoints. Even despite yourself. I thought that you just might care so much, that when shown that some of your views are damaging, you'd have a moment of realization.
Kind of thought you'd read my post even though it was long, because I thought we had some rapport. Compared to how some of these other threads and "conversations" you have with others go.
I should have known better.
originally posted by: Annee
I enjoy your posts.
originally posted by: Annee
Yeah, sorry I haven't read that particular post.
I feel all there is left from now on is to facepalm all your cringe.