[Ads-l] Wokeness and the English language

[Peter Reitan]

According to the Department of State's official Twitter page, today is supposedly "International Pronoun Day."

Also saw this on twitter this morning, a new word, "lingua-fascist "

"Anything that can vaguely hurt any feelings of any 'marginalized group' is beyond the pale to lingua-fascist Wokes."
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Very interesting article and, at least for me, scary.
https://www.commentary.org/articles/michael-lewis/wokeness-english-language/

DAD

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