The social justice ideology wants to take over and control every aspect of society, and people. People's actions, people's opinions, people's thoughts. In a very Orwellian manner.
One tool they use for this, directly from Orwell's literature, is controlling the language. They want to change the meaning of words, and they want to compel speech. You are only allowed to use certain words, certain words are banned, and certain words are mandatory to refer to certain things.
Ultimately this is a form of control. When they can control your speech, that's a short step from controlling everything else. It makes you submissive and complacent. It makes you obey the ideology. It removes from you your ability to express what you want as you want. It limits your freedom.
Thus, the logical counter-movement to this is to refuse to use their terminology.
Don't use their "preferred pronouns", especially if those pronouns are not "he" or "she". Do not use their invented pronouns that are not part of the English language. Do not use "they" to refer to one single person. "They" is a plural pronoun; retain it as such. Do not use it to refer to a single person. If you want a generic pronoun, just use "he" (because that provokes them).
They want to impose onto society neologisms like "LGBT", "LGBTQ", "LGBTQ+". Refuse to use those. Technically speaking the word "gay" is kind of a neologism, but it's already old and established enough that I think it's ok to use it instead. Or you could just use the more technical term "homosexual". (If you want to you provocative, use "homo".)
I see many anti-SJWs using the neologism "LGBT". I think they are making a mistake. They are succumbing to their will. They are succumbing to their attempt at gaining control of society. I think this is a bad idea. We should oppose them with everything we can, even if it's just with their terminology.
Most certainly do not use neologisms like "cis", or "cis-gendered". In fact, you could play their own game and use their own weapons against them: If any of them calls you "cis", you can complain that you find that term offensive and for them to stop using it. If you ever are in need to use a proper term for that, use "heterosexual" or just "hetero". (That's also a somewhat of a neologism, just like "gay" meaning "homosexual", but I think it's already old and established enough that it's ok.)
Don't play their game. Don't submit to their attempts at controlling and limiting your speech. Do not accept compelled speech. Defend your free speech. If you give them an inch, they'll take a mile.
One tool they use for this, directly from Orwell's literature, is controlling the language. They want to change the meaning of words, and they want to compel speech. You are only allowed to use certain words, certain words are banned, and certain words are mandatory to refer to certain things.
Ultimately this is a form of control. When they can control your speech, that's a short step from controlling everything else. It makes you submissive and complacent. It makes you obey the ideology. It removes from you your ability to express what you want as you want. It limits your freedom.
Thus, the logical counter-movement to this is to refuse to use their terminology.
Don't use their "preferred pronouns", especially if those pronouns are not "he" or "she". Do not use their invented pronouns that are not part of the English language. Do not use "they" to refer to one single person. "They" is a plural pronoun; retain it as such. Do not use it to refer to a single person. If you want a generic pronoun, just use "he" (because that provokes them).
They want to impose onto society neologisms like "LGBT", "LGBTQ", "LGBTQ+". Refuse to use those. Technically speaking the word "gay" is kind of a neologism, but it's already old and established enough that I think it's ok to use it instead. Or you could just use the more technical term "homosexual". (If you want to you provocative, use "homo".)
I see many anti-SJWs using the neologism "LGBT". I think they are making a mistake. They are succumbing to their will. They are succumbing to their attempt at gaining control of society. I think this is a bad idea. We should oppose them with everything we can, even if it's just with their terminology.
Most certainly do not use neologisms like "cis", or "cis-gendered". In fact, you could play their own game and use their own weapons against them: If any of them calls you "cis", you can complain that you find that term offensive and for them to stop using it. If you ever are in need to use a proper term for that, use "heterosexual" or just "hetero". (That's also a somewhat of a neologism, just like "gay" meaning "homosexual", but I think it's already old and established enough that it's ok.)
Don't play their game. Don't submit to their attempts at controlling and limiting your speech. Do not accept compelled speech. Defend your free speech. If you give them an inch, they'll take a mile.
"They" is a plural pronoun; retain it as such. Do not use it to refer to a single person."
ReplyDeleteEven though such use goes back to the days of Shakespeare?
https://www.scu.edu/media/offices/provost/writing-center/resources/Tips-Singular-Pronoun-They.pdf
If anything you are trying to control language...you hypocrite.
There's nothing hypocritical about refusing to play along with your word games. It's a matter of principle, a matter of opposition, a matter of not submitting to pressure and threats. If far-leftist bigots get a hissy-fit when you don't use the pronoun "they", then all the more of a reason not to use it! The more it annoys far-leftists, the better!
Delete"It's a matter of principle, a matter of opposition, a matter of not submitting to pressure and threats."
ReplyDeleteIt is the right who use pressure and threats:
https://www.mediamatters.org/libs-tiktok/timeline-impact-libs-tiktok-told-through-educators-health-care-providers-librarians
https://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-story-of-man-who-was-not-wearing.html
https://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com/2023/05/anti-lgbtq-activists-spreading-lies.html
"The more it annoys far-leftists, the better!" So you use this fallacy: https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Appeal-to-Spite
Seems like it's all you have since you talk about word games, yet ignore that They has been used as a singular pronoun for centuries.
Also any word is a neologism if you go back far enough. So just using it to describe the manner in which words are used, doesn't work that well. After all, 'he' & 'she" were neologisms once apon a time.