I know, eh? Posting empirical statistics online about the incidence of sexual assault by nationality is considered “hate” in Germany, amirite?
It is a term that was spawned out of academic study among Spanish language linguists, and by latin people no less. It only escaped out of that academic sphere because of conservatives getting upset about something that was not happening (Dems redefining language). Most people know no one who has ever used the term (other than to criticize these imaginary people using it) and no one has ever been criticized for not using it.
Anyone railing about the term Latinx is giving the game away
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You won’t get an answer. @Limiescouse has tried what surely has been at least a dozen times by now.
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Um, maybe because people can see it for what it is? That does not include me btw.
Is that another gender?
You seem to be happy to tell everyone about this several times yet not willing to accept that maybe other people want to be recognised for being something else.
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I kept hearing progressives using the term in the media. James Carville went off about it a couple years ago to show how disconnected progressives are to the mainstream
So you’re not a proper american then.
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Now you’re just being a woke elitist DEI globalist.
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I’m here telling you why you’re losing in America.
But hey, keep your ears and eyes shut. That’s working so well for you !
Are you so dumb that you dont understand you just made my point? Your one specific reference to its use was a disconnected Dem trying to demonstrate his “everyman” bonifides by complaining about people using a term that vanishingly few people actually use outside of a specific field of academic study.
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No. I’ve already answered you this. Just an example, here’s an online article about by government financed public broadcaster BR talking about it. Merz made it a talking point in the campaign he just won.
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Are you so dumb that you completely missed my point?
Progressives in the media were using the term, so much so that Carville criticized them for it. It wasn’t one guy.
And yet your example is not someone using it, but of someone complaining about other unnamed people using it.
The thing with Carville is he has been on the outside of Dem politics for 20 years. All he really has to offer these days is complaints about how things were better in Dem politics when he was at the center of it and periodically is given room by people in the media wanting a good soundbite to say this shit. Examples of people like Carville complaining about its use outweigh actual legitimate use of the term outside of its academic field of study 1 million to 1.
I am your “lefty” boogeyman. I spent 15 years in academia during the era when this term rose into public consciousness. I have never met a single person who has used the term.
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Does that involve some sort of aversion therapy?
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I’m not losing America, it’s not mine to lose.
Either way, I’m not convinced you’re right. It’s a convenient excuse to deflect from the actual reality.
For me the main issue both in the US and here in the UK is wealth. You can have all the sensible politics and policies in the world, even backed by good economic figures (as in the US under Biden) but if the people dont feel on board with it or dont feel they have more money in their pockets it doesnt matter.
People are screaming for change, Trump promised it but wont deliver as he has no intention of actually tackling the core issue of wealth gap and financial resources. He is exactly that problem.
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Wouldn’t that be classed as a crime against humanity? Or at least cruel and unusual punishment which are both banned under the Geneva Convention?
Yeah, but after ignoring your latest correction, I bet when he raises it again tomorrow he’ll finally be right that time.
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Guys don’t feed the troll
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Woke DEI elitist globalist crap
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How broken does someone’s brain have to be to see the Evers news and react like this?
Writing legislation that defines parenting in the context of not only just a hetro framing, but a man-wife framing is the culture war position. Editing the language so it reflects the full scope of people who may be affected is just good governence.
Also, wording of legislation has nothing to do with how people speak. It is a technical document where the meaning of every individual word has critical implications for its implementation. Making these changes to the language do not reflect any sort of language enforcement at all. Anyone who thinks that is in no position to complain that other people dont see the world the way it really is.
But of course understanding any of this would require someone to stop drinking from the RW firehose and have the respect for the community members to have read the rebuttal of @redalways
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Good for me that I don’t subscribe to being either left or right.
Think the world would be a better place if people could think and make the best choice (for the society as such) , the easiest option to vote is not always the best one and if more people thought for the greater good , the better the country would be.
I hate rabble rousers , bigots , politicians equally let they be left wing or right wing. I would love nothing better than to not bother about US politics , but it evidently is something that everyone should be concerned about. Considering that they just elected a delusional racist idiot into power.
At the time of Clinton, even Dubya , Obama etc , US elections were supposed to be a model for other democracies to want to be. The seamless transition of power. That in hindsight was me and quite a lot of the world being very naive.
I’m still a believer in democracy but increasingly for a multi party democracy which has checks and balances with coalitions. India (despite the efforts of BJP and congress) still has regional parties to put those checks and balances in place. Hopefully the national level parties don’t fuck over the country between themselves too much.
Anyway , enough about India. I raise it as a parallel to the US in terms of the scale of the size of the country.
The US system is flawed. Broken even. I do believe that Trump will make it broken beyond repair especially with the lot he’s running around with right now.
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