No matter how often I read or hear asinine terms like “people who menstruate”, and “assigned at birth”, I still cringe. And, too, the way these ideologues manipulate language is far worse than Double Speak. That I had to explain to my daughter a week after she finished health class what a person’s sex is, that the words “sex” and “gender” are not interchangeable, is ludicrous.
No matter how often I read or hear asinine terms like “people who menstruate”, and “assigned at birth”, I still cringe. And, too, the way these ideologues manipulate language is far worse than Double Speak. That I had to explain to my daughter a week after she finished health class what a person’s sex is, that the words “sex” and “gender” are not interchangeable, is ludicrous.
This is our world today. College educated...or indoctrinated...whichever, lefties genuinely believe we can solve every perceived sexual and gender phobic issue by inventing new words. The thinking is, I assume, is that if it sounds better we’ll all buy into it. Marketing 101.
I remember taking a trip to Las Vegas decades ago on a 3 day junket which included air fare, hotel accommodations, free meals and limousine service to and from the airport. Up until then my only limousine ride was a trip to a burial site for a close relative. So a Las Vegas limo ride sounded pretty cool.
My wife and I arrived at the airport and followed a man who turned out to be our driver out of the building. I say turned out because I had envisioned our driver in a dark suit with a cap on like we see in movies. Our casually dressed escort led us to a nondescript white passenger van nearly full of other guests. Before boarding I remarked to our driver “I thought we were supposed to be taking a limousine.” He smiled and assured me “This IS a limousine.”
They also think they can solve the homeless problem by calling them "person experiencing houselessness". Now the dug addicts sleeping in tents are no different from the Instagrammer documenting his Van Life on camera.
Actually, the REAL problem is they're eliminating all the words that people in dire situations need to sound alarm to their situations. Homeless people and those who seriously want to help them need the word "homeless" to explain their problem at hand. Not many regular people will run out to lend a hand to the unhoused Millennial retrofitting a van or a school bus to live like a free spirit near the Grand Canyon.
Unfortunately, in most cases homelessness is a consequence not a cause of their situations. Substance abuse is the general precondition. And mental illness, although people who have been abusing some of those drugs - particularly meth- seem to become deranged over time anyway.
It’s the playbook our dear leader uses in his mumbling disgorgements of hubris.
From him we learned we weren’t in a recession, we wouldn’t get involved in any offensive actions in Ukraine, our economy is the best it’s ever been, the border is secure, the Afghan pullout was a major success…I could go on. Next he’ll tell us they aren’t homeless, they are just millions of people waiting to take advantage of a buyers market when interest rates, which skyrocketed thanks to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, drop to more favorable rates.
Our contributions to the Ukraine are only a tiny part of what caused this inflation. It's caused by the printing of 8 or 10 trillion dollars since covid started and distributing it. The supply of goods and services didn't increase correspondingly, so there is a lot more money available competing for the same amount of goods and services. Prices have to go up correspondingly. The Ukraine contributions are only in the billions. An order of magnitude (or more) money was printed with no corresponding increase in GDP.
It's also a clever way to tax all the savings people have locked up in 401ks and pensions.
I think of it as a plantation. But isn't the goal of home ownership part of systemic racism? Which is being combated by overt and covert wealth redistribution. Even in my area the properties are being bought with cash by absentee investors and real estate trusts.
Yes. You can play that game all day. Keep changing the phrasing to obscure the fact that the person is homeless. Who knows how long before the words house and home are deemed ‘privilegist’ and therefore abusive language psychologically harmful to the “unhoused”. New terms for that thing you live in like ‘affixed structure accommodating persons of privilege’ are closer than we ever want to imagine.
I think it's also insulting to the homeless. All those lengthy phrases the ideologues fashion to describe people are. Calling a homeless person unhoused does not make them feel any better. Those who use the term aren't doing it to benefit the homeless but to say “look how moral and superior I am”.
As long as it makes the ideologues (the only benefactors of their activism) feel better it solves half the problem of homelessness,right?
I imagine their discussions over Chardonnay and finger sandwiches along the lines of, “If the homeless could just realize how life changing our words are and do their part to find somewhere to live. It’s so frustrating. Anyone else need another glass of wine?”
Bulls... to be honest. My youngest daughter had a baby a couple of months ago ( a boy). She was chatting to another new Mum about Brest feeding, this new Mum told her “we need to call it chest feeding now” I could not believe what I had just heard. My daughter told her politely you can call it what you want, but for me it’s breast feeding 😃😃
No matter how often I read or hear asinine terms like “people who menstruate”, and “assigned at birth”, I still cringe. And, too, the way these ideologues manipulate language is far worse than Double Speak. That I had to explain to my daughter a week after she finished health class what a person’s sex is, that the words “sex” and “gender” are not interchangeable, is ludicrous.
This is our world today. College educated...or indoctrinated...whichever, lefties genuinely believe we can solve every perceived sexual and gender phobic issue by inventing new words. The thinking is, I assume, is that if it sounds better we’ll all buy into it. Marketing 101.
I remember taking a trip to Las Vegas decades ago on a 3 day junket which included air fare, hotel accommodations, free meals and limousine service to and from the airport. Up until then my only limousine ride was a trip to a burial site for a close relative. So a Las Vegas limo ride sounded pretty cool.
My wife and I arrived at the airport and followed a man who turned out to be our driver out of the building. I say turned out because I had envisioned our driver in a dark suit with a cap on like we see in movies. Our casually dressed escort led us to a nondescript white passenger van nearly full of other guests. Before boarding I remarked to our driver “I thought we were supposed to be taking a limousine.” He smiled and assured me “This IS a limousine.”
In that case, every car I've ever owned has been a limousine. And 2+2=5. Right is left. Up is down.
A woman is what a person calls himself...
They also think they can solve the homeless problem by calling them "person experiencing houselessness". Now the dug addicts sleeping in tents are no different from the Instagrammer documenting his Van Life on camera.
I recently heard this one, too: “an unhoused person”.
The problem with changing language like this is eventually phrases lose their meanings and constantly have to be updated. It's all nonsense.
Yes, I was corrected by a self-righteous twit who explained to me that the term for a person who sleeps under a bridge is “unhoused.”
Actually, the REAL problem is they're eliminating all the words that people in dire situations need to sound alarm to their situations. Homeless people and those who seriously want to help them need the word "homeless" to explain their problem at hand. Not many regular people will run out to lend a hand to the unhoused Millennial retrofitting a van or a school bus to live like a free spirit near the Grand Canyon.
Unfortunately, in most cases homelessness is a consequence not a cause of their situations. Substance abuse is the general precondition. And mental illness, although people who have been abusing some of those drugs - particularly meth- seem to become deranged over time anyway.
That is true about the overlap between mental illness and drug use. Too much drug use and then drug-induced psychosis.
It’s the playbook our dear leader uses in his mumbling disgorgements of hubris.
From him we learned we weren’t in a recession, we wouldn’t get involved in any offensive actions in Ukraine, our economy is the best it’s ever been, the border is secure, the Afghan pullout was a major success…I could go on. Next he’ll tell us they aren’t homeless, they are just millions of people waiting to take advantage of a buyers market when interest rates, which skyrocketed thanks to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, drop to more favorable rates.
I guess we need to start referring to the poor as "persons experiencing lack of wealth".
Ha! That's great. And in some cases maybe the "Unwealthed".
🤣🤣
Our contributions to the Ukraine are only a tiny part of what caused this inflation. It's caused by the printing of 8 or 10 trillion dollars since covid started and distributing it. The supply of goods and services didn't increase correspondingly, so there is a lot more money available competing for the same amount of goods and services. Prices have to go up correspondingly. The Ukraine contributions are only in the billions. An order of magnitude (or more) money was printed with no corresponding increase in GDP.
It's also a clever way to tax all the savings people have locked up in 401ks and pensions.
But I agree with the rest of what you wrote.
Then we’re in agreement 100%. Blaming Putin for inflation was Joe’s thing, not mine.
It is redistribution of wealth.
Absolutely. How many of us actually own our own homes now? Outright? We are increasingly like tenant farmers.
I think of it as a plantation. But isn't the goal of home ownership part of systemic racism? Which is being combated by overt and covert wealth redistribution. Even in my area the properties are being bought with cash by absentee investors and real estate trusts.
Technoserfs
😂😂😂I know it’s not funny, but this post got me laughing.
Yes. You can play that game all day. Keep changing the phrasing to obscure the fact that the person is homeless. Who knows how long before the words house and home are deemed ‘privilegist’ and therefore abusive language psychologically harmful to the “unhoused”. New terms for that thing you live in like ‘affixed structure accommodating persons of privilege’ are closer than we ever want to imagine.
I think it's also insulting to the homeless. All those lengthy phrases the ideologues fashion to describe people are. Calling a homeless person unhoused does not make them feel any better. Those who use the term aren't doing it to benefit the homeless but to say “look how moral and superior I am”.
As long as it makes the ideologues (the only benefactors of their activism) feel better it solves half the problem of homelessness,right?
I imagine their discussions over Chardonnay and finger sandwiches along the lines of, “If the homeless could just realize how life changing our words are and do their part to find somewhere to live. It’s so frustrating. Anyone else need another glass of wine?”
Sounds like crudites.
We'll, it changes it from a factual descriptive adjective to one that implies they've been victimized by external agents.
Bulls... to be honest. My youngest daughter had a baby a couple of months ago ( a boy). She was chatting to another new Mum about Brest feeding, this new Mum told her “we need to call it chest feeding now” I could not believe what I had just heard. My daughter told her politely you can call it what you want, but for me it’s breast feeding 😃😃
"Chest feeding" always makes me think of the movie "Alien".
Yip chest feeding is for Aliens.
What the… just when you think the language game couldn't get any worse.