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RantJohn McWhorter on Bill Maher - Discussion of pronouns
The linguist and cultural critic John McWhorter was recently interviewed on Bill Maher to about his book Pronoun Trouble.
John McWhorter has spoken out against censorship in American Universities and institutions so I was interested in hearing his perspective.
It was disappointing to hear that this book seems to have a very simple premise that misses the point of common criticism of neo-pronouns and gender ideology. The book seems amount to: language changes so get over it.
It would be nice if people who weigh in on this issue actually bothered to learn more about the criticism before weighing in before scolding people to 'get with the times.'
If he had spent more time paying attention to the gender critical perspective he would have known that the objection is not adapting to new uses langaue. It is the deliberate attempt to obscure the facts by referring to male criminals as female. Forcing people to use chosen pronouns under threat of cancellation, firing, and public shaming.
I don't care if individuals choose to call themselves by wrong sex pronouns in their personal lives. But people should not be threatened and bullied if they use pronouns that correspond with sex and the public should not not be mislead nor offical documents falsified to about the sex of violent male criminals.
I have the original that was published in 1999 and downloaded the 2014. This chapter is like night and day between the two books.
I really hate how Gender Ideology has seeped into the things I love best: books.
So far the Mystery genre umbrella hasn't been effected, yet. But Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror definitely has because it's speculative fiction. It's malleable enough for the insertion. There has been a certain amount of frequency of writers going into Trans subs asking for information.
Interesting, what are some of the differences (seems like a lot!) between the two versions?
I agree. Talking about intersex people or people with AIS in the context of gender is harmful and cruel. Now that I've read this chapter, I have the language for participating in conversations about intersex people. I won't though, because the LGBT cult doesn't allow conversation, but I would be ready.
I haven't looked, but I wonder if that later materials at the end of this edition talk about "lady brains" and our wider brain diversity in genes expressed from the X chromosome. The research was just beginning. We need more research into the female body, but I guess anyone reading this book already knows that.
I appreciate how she started this chapter with an argument between a man and a woman, then revealed that it was about her parents, and the effect it had on her. She's very good at balancing dialogue, interviews, and expository passages.
It's really a shame how so much of the inclusivity movement has started with good intentions (body positivity,
intersexVSD* language, mental and sexual health awareness) and it's all become something so stifling and unproductive.*Variations of Sexual Development