Putin in Russia (II): Spicy Island Liberation Front

[Andalusian girls]

u could also just not be a cunt

[Bardicrune]

u could also just not be a cunt

Don't be a twat. Let him be a dick if he wants.

Does that statement make me a misogynistic misandrist (or just banned)?

[Spicyryan]

See what I did there.

One of my favorite phrases.

[Forte]

If someone comes to you and asks you not to use a specific word of phrase and it's not that big of an ask of you, fine. It's varying levels of tolerance.

[mallister]

u could also just not be a cunt

You know that's not the case though.

[NynJa]

Indoctrinating kids into misogyny

[Demosthenes]

so if "pussy" is misogynic, then "dick" is misandrist, right?

or does this fall under the "you cant be -ist against the class in power" umbrella?

I'm sure you can figure it out.

[Zealot]

Sure you can, according to some people I've spoken to the Jews have been in power for three thousand years.

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[Spicyryan]

If someone comes to you and asks you not to use a specific word of phrase and it's not that big of an ask of you, fine. It's varying levels of tolerance.

Oh-oh, give an example!

[kuronosan]

I'm mixed on this. It's not unreasonable to avoid words that people can associate with being a slur, especially if it's harmful.

However, I do think it's unreasonable to expect words to mean the same thing to everyone in every language. It's one of the reasons "Latinx" frustrates me so much. On one hand it's not a big deal, and in the other hand it was propagated by white folks who think it's a big deal because of how non-English languages are structured.

It feels like virtue signaling.

[NynJa]

I'm sure you can figure it out.

Good sir
I am:
White
Hetero
Male
Jewish (by jewish laws, im atheist by belief)

My powers have reached transcendency. My existence offends everyone by birthright.

[Spicyryan]

I'm mixed on this. It's not unreasonable to avoid words that people can associate with being a slur, especially if it's harmful.

However, I do think it's unreasonable to expect words to mean the same thing to everyone in every language. It's one of the reasons "Latinx" frustrates me so much. On one hand it's not a big deal, and in the other hand it was propagated by white folks who think it's a big deal because of how non-English languages are structured.

It feels like virtue signaling.

Because it is virtue signaling. I've said it before and I will likely say it a million more times. White Americans just don't want to feel guilty.

[Tymon]

Latinx is particularly egregious to me because virtually zero people in the actual Latin American community like it.

If an actual Latin American asked me to use it I would be surprised but accept it. If a white person got mad at me for NOT using it I would laugh my ass off.

[Andalusian girls]

while i hate Latinx in defense of woke white people i've never had one tell me i should be using Latinx, it's more what they use to try and be trans sensitive

different than using gendered language to insult people thereby casually reinforcing widespread cultural misogyny

[Rhyis.]

My existence offends everyone by birthright.

A more true statement, I have not read.

[Andalusian girls]

mostly i just wish the misogyny made more sense. as betty once said

Why do people say, ‘Grow some balls’? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you really wanna get tough, grow a vagina. Those things really take a pounding.

being a pussy means you're weak when they can take an absolute beating and pop out 10 lbs kids and shit whereas growing some balls means you're tough when they can't handle a light tap without making their owners want to puke smh get it together linguistic misogyny

[NynJa]

while i hate Latinx in defense of woke white people i've never had one tell me i should be using Latinx, it's more what they use to try and be trans sensitive

different than using gendered language to insult people thereby casually reinforcing widespread cultural misogyny

Isnt “latino” a gender neutral term?

[Andalusian girls]

you speak some French no? like all the Romance languages Spanish uses the masculine ending for both mixed groups and male only groups. Latino is masculine but can refer to both male and gender neutral / mixed gender groups, Latina specifically for the ladies. it's not really gender neutral it's the masculine form overriding the feminine form. chéri vs chérie.

[Spicyryan]

I like the places this thread has gone. Truly living its best life.

[kuronosan]

Isnt “latino” a gender neutral term?

Technically it is. I don't know a single person in my family who is aboard the train of X.

Myself personally I think it's fine to be an all-encompassing term for sensitivity but it feels more like an appropriated term versus appropriate.

It's akin to saying chicxs or gatx. It just doesn't work outside of someone who clearly doesn't speak Spanish trying to make it work.

If anything an argument should be made that romantic languages are inherently paternalistic in that they don't rely necessarily on pronouns to delineate context and gender as much as English and are male-heavy in default mode.