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Let's see, you actually said: "Just an opinion made up out of thin air. Gotcha."
I keep seeing this sentiment repeated here, but I don't think the publisher has hinted at anything like this. Why isn't it possible or believable that the publisher simply thinks the specific items in question are offensive?
Wouldn’t be the first time I was wrong. As I’ve been thinking about this more, one of the things I love about my son’s generation is how kind, thoughtful and inclusive they are. If it’s at all due to stuff like this then maybe it’s worthwhile all things considered. I do worry about it going too far though.
I need to watch the special. Some friends of mine (one of whom was a huge Allen fan) said it’s very persuasive.
There have been many who said the same for Michael Jackson. That the allegations against him are just not true. Once a lie is out there though, it's a mountain to climb in order to disprove.
I don't think so. I think that was a cynical sexual harassment claim trumped up by political expediency. It was much more rational that a woke mob coming after somebody.
My take is similar to yours, except for the part about reading his book because I would never read his book.
It's a big deal in these times, you must be "authentic", she's not for that role. This explains it more - https://jcommmarketing.com/2019/01/30/brands-should-be-authentic-in-woke-marketing/
I know rock hit on this but I'll build on that.
This is one that I agree is over the top and unnecessary. Not to mention, choosing X as the replacement seems silly. Latini would have made much more sense as a gender-neutral term.
It comes from the origin of language. A lot of English and most of the European languages come from Latin. Latin is a very gender based language but obviously several thousand years old. Things were simply different back then. Doesn't make them right or wrong. It's just what they did at the time.
You think minor tweaks to language to make it more appropriate is a threat to our history?
You speak for Hispanics, who according to polling by and large don't even know what that word is? And telling others what innocuous words to use and not use?
The last starfighter crashes to earth. Our hero, taken away by Lilliputian mortals. Later a famous man will say, "I prefer my heroes to not get captured."
Yes. Simple tweaks here and there that are deemed "progressive" for society further erase the origins of language until there is nothing original left. We only have the new, sterile language of the current power.
Yes. By and large they never heard of it and those that have do not like it.
Do all tweaks erase the origins of language or only tweaks that are deemed progressive?
I don't know about you, but I don't speak Latin because I never learned it. If I could speak Latin, I assure you I would do so on a regular basis, mostly to assert my linguistic prowess and make others feel inferior.
Not at all. Language obviously evolves to fit modern meaning but it's done in a way that is natural and accepted by society. Changes that are forced upon the people degrade language. Many occupying forces throughout history have used language as a means to completely eliminate a society and take them over. The romans themselves forced Latin onto the areas they conquered and forbade the native language as a means of control. As the empire died, language was allowed to evolve naturally from Latin into what we have now.
I thought the same at first too. Then I saw what hispanics thought if it and I made it a point to not use that word.
Are you suggesting that government is somehow imposing the word Latinx via threat of force? I don't understand your answer and the relevance of Romans/Latin/conquest in the context of the discussion.
Wait, so you aren't even Hispanic and you are speaking for all of them on a subject not even a quarter of them are familiar with? Okay.
I'm suggesting that just like many of the PC words that have been "accepted" over the years, LatinX will be forced upon the people and will become one of those things the minority harass people for not using.
Same as the white people that invented LatinX. It's origins are based in academia and it's detractors are called homophobes and racists. Pretty familiar tactic.
Out of curiosity, what are the many PC words to which you refer? I'm not arguing that there aren't any, but I'm drawing a blank at the moment.
Great movie of my younger days...though caught it once again when I was a bit older and realized how awful of a movie it really was.
In the bolded, does CC refer to Climate Change or Cancel Culture? You may want to edit for clarity.
I agree sho. To stick with the comparison I also don't think many climate sceptics help the movement based on the extremism of their view or "absoluteism".
