[Ads-l] Wokeness and the English language

[Laurence Horn]

So “feminazi”, “libtard”, “crisis actor”, “anchor baby”, and the like as promulgated by the highest-rated TV network news shows don’t count as lingua-fascist, but asking others to call you by the gender and name corresponding to your identity does?  And am I misremembering, or was singular non-binary “they” not the ADS Word of the Decade a while back? As for the use of “woke” to endorse ridicule, that must be today’s “politically correct” or “libber”.  Plus ça change…

LH

> On Oct 20, 2021, at 5:50 PM, Peter Reitan <pjreitan at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> According to the Department of State's official Twitter page, today is supposedly "International Pronoun Day."
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> Also saw this on twitter this morning, a new word, "lingua-fascist "
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> "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/
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