I think you now refer to what was formally both characters as they/them."Hasbro, the company that makes the potato-shaped plastic toy, is giving the spud a gender neutral new name: Potato Head. The change will appear on boxes this year. Hasbro said Mr. Potato Head, which has been around for about 70 years, needed a modern makeover."
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According to some people there are more than two genders now. This whole thing is beyond ridiculous now.Don't they sell a Mrs. Potato head? Seems like they cover their bases.
Can we not have a Mr. and Mrs. in the world anymore?
Death by a thousand paper cuts seems appropriateOn the list of “Things that should cause outrage,” this is fairly low. The pieces are interchangeable anyway, plus it’s a toy.
This isn’t a death. It’s not even an injury. At best it’s a mild inconvenience, like somebody moving the wrench I swore I just had right over there, but it’s 4 inches to the back of the bench.Death by a thousand paper cuts seems appropriate
No, you're wrong. It's about the attempt to eliminate sex, and therefore, sex differences from the public sphere.This isn’t a death. It’s not even an injury. At best it’s a mild inconvenience, like somebody moving the wrench I swore I just had right over there, but it’s 4 inches to the back of the bench.
"First they came for the potatoes, and I said nothing."No, you're wrong. It's about the attempt to eliminate sex, and therefore, sex differences from the public sphere.
It's so cute when they're old enough to parrot things and not realize the revolution is on! Honey, isn't he cute?! Oh, that's adorable.
MMmmmmmbbbbbttttpppppfffff in his belly. Mmmmmmmmbbbbtppppfffff in his belly.
its good marketing shtick. trying to drive demand for the current ones.Its dumb but I just don't understand why anyone would care about this.
I reckon the truth is - nobody does care.
Not to mention...its good marketing shtick. trying to drive demand for the current ones.
Hasbro is now transphobic and must be cancelled.From Hasbro:
Hold that Tot – your main spud, MR. POTATO HEAD isn’t going anywhere! While it was announced today that the POTATO HEAD brand name & logo are dropping the ‘MR.’ I yam proud to confirm that MR. & MRS. POTATO HEAD aren’t going anywhere and will remain MR. & MRS. POTATO HEAD
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Hannity likes the conspiracy stuff more and this needs to be directly tied to Biden or Hillary.I was going to make a joke about this story appearing on the next edition of "Hannity", but upon further reflection......it seems more like a Tucker Carlson-type of topic.
No shtick - I've started to see some of this listed in some of our Client's email signatures: "Pronouns: He, Him, His" I guess we need to know how to refer to them if they ever resurface from their covid hibernation.I think you now refer to what was formally both characters as they/them.
Even with their best efforts, they will be unable to actually accomplish that. There are just too many differences, and those differences make us unique. Trying to de-gender a potato isn’t going to bring about a huge change.No, you're wrong. It's about the attempt to eliminate sex, and therefore, sex differences from the public sphere.
It's so cute when they're old enough to parrot things and not realize the revolution is on! Honey, isn't he cute?! Oh, that's adorable.
MMmmmmmbbbbbttttpppppfffff in his belly. Mmmmmmmmbbbbtppppfffff in his belly.
Watch list updatedI was going to make a joke about this story appearing on the next edition of "Hannity", but upon further reflection......it seems more like a Tucker Carlson-type of topic.
Maybe a bad analogy, I dunno.....point being all these lil things add up to a big pictureDeath, huh?
Easy for you to say. You're not a potato.Trying to de-gender a potato isn’t going to bring about a huge change.
But what about the adage, “you are what you eat?”Easy for you to say. You're not a potato.
They??FIrst they came for Aunt Jemima and I did nothing........
Been that way for a long time in other cultures. See Hijra in India.According to some people there are more than two genders now. This whole thing is beyond ridiculous now.
Fortunately we have folks like rock on the front lines."First they came for the potatoes, and I said nothing."
I'm nowhere near them. I simply said you're wrong if you don't think this isn't part of the activist revolution. That your average moderate like Kal El reacts by denying their censorious intent is what they want. They want the middle unaware of what is happening at every level. Last time with the New Left it was education, mass media, religion, and an Overton window shift in politics. The New New Left has been going since '89 and is just making inroads to our culture, a culture of ossified rot and consumerism that has trouble defending itself on principles previously abandoned.Fortunately we have folks like rock on the front lines.
A lot of words to say "my bad!"I'm nowhere near them. I simply said you're wrong if you don't think this isn't part of the activist revolution. That your average moderate like Kal El reacts by denying their censorious intent is what they want. They want the middle unaware of what is happening at every level. Last time with the New Left it was education, mass media, religion, and an Overton window shift in politics. The New New Left has been going since '89 and is just making inroads to our culture, a culture of ossified rot and consumerism that has trouble defending itself on principles previously abandoned.
Restate the principles and be unafraid. There are biological sexes, and there is a difference in behaviors between those that inhabit each earthly dominion. It is not necessarily deterministic, but the overwhelming evidence told us and tells us that these differences exist. If we must speak of everything, then admit to those that are intersexed that they are human, too, and will be treated with dignity. That is all we need promise. Any "roles" or thinking about "roles" is separate from those premises. Sex is sex. Gender is gender. The two are different. That determinism was for so long the philosophy of choice regarding the subsequent roles from the biological sex is the problem, not the actual sex designation.
As far as the non-gendered toy movement goes. It's been going on since the '70s. This is not a new fight. Remember Ms. Magazine and Baby X? That magazine and the radical feminist movement were at the vanguard of the sexless toy movement. And they had allies. The toy companies stood to gain billions of dollars if they could develop toys that appealed to both sexes. The cost of production would drop, the ease of marketing would lead to mass appeal, the profit$ would roll in. So why didn't it work? What was stopping them? Profits were aligned with a social cause for once. So what happened? Well, the stubborn insistence of even the youngest infants did. They rejected those sexless or genderless toys and wound up playing with toys that were made for their sex. And so it was...our Platonic gladiator ideal (radical equality of the sexes was enforced for Plato's Gladiator class in The Republic) got a rude natural awakening.
I'm not saying "my bad" at all. That Hasbro isn't doing this had nothing to do with my post. I reaffirmed my position on the matter, actually.A lot of words to say "my bad!"