Fact Check: Did Kamala Harris Announce Her Pronouns and Outfit in Meeting?

[Taylor]

If they wanted to relate to republicans, they'd just fart Dixie while waving a swastika flag.

How's that working out for you?

 

[D_NATURED]

You already said that.

Yes, "they" is plural. It is also gender neutral. I like it. Why don't you?

Repubs love the word "they" when they're pointing fingers and whatabouting in response to Trump's crimes being mentioned. They just don't respect science and non-binary people enough to use the word in acceptance of the reality of the gender spectrum.

Tell them it means "fag" and they'll all be using it tomorrow.

 

[D_NATURED]

How's that working out for you?

I have no idea what you're referring to. It's as if you are responding to what's in your head, not what I wrote.

 

[reinaert]

When a singular subject is paired with a plural verb, or vice versa, we have ourselves a subject-verb disagreement error. These types of writing errors are clearer when illustrated:

We was tired

She don’t speak

They is going to the store.

Certainly, there are usages where it works, but it can certainly cause number disagreement. It can also cause confusion when it is unknown whether the subject to which the "they" refers is a person or group, like a rock band that might be named in a way that could also be a person. Like Johnny Cash is putting on a concert, and I'm going to see them. If one doesn't already know he's an individual, one might be confused that the reference is to a group, like Molly Hatchet or Jethro Tull.

'When was the salesman supposed to arrive? Did they call?"

Just not problematic.

 

[Michael Cole]

Repubs love the word "they" when they're pointing fingers and whatabouting in response to Trump's crimes being mentioned. They just don't respect science and non-binary people enough to use the word in acceptance of the reality of the gender spectrum.

Tell them it means "fag" and they'll all be using it tomorrow.

Yeah, I don't get it. Seems like an awful lot of wasted energy. Seems self-destructive, actually.

The less things in life I have to take seriously, the happier I am. Stress is deadly. You would think this would be universal among humans. Why people work themselves up over nothing amazes me.

 

[MrNiceGuy]

WTF is wrong with you juvenile dipshits? Why must hate be your response here, to someone who dares to be civil or accommodating to disabled people?

Hate? Look, she's the Vice President of the US, and the amount of ****ing monumental ball busting the Democrats and the rest of the Left did to TFG and TFVP was so unceasing and over-the-top, that some ridicule of the current VP can't possibly even compare.

Also, she's not accommodating disabled people, because disabled people who can see already know what color her dress is, and telling a blind person what you're wearing doesn't help them or accommodate them in any way.

There are times when the perpetually petty and bigoted right wing doesn't even wait to be insulted and, instead, leads with a self-affirming callousness and disdain for the human variety that instantly colors them as dumb and cynical, above all else. Shame on you.

The Left opened this door by creating an entire cottage industry out of outrage and victimhood, and out of faux offense-taking that literally never ends. People are sick and tired of the constant "akshully" corrections from the ****ing Left, and they are sick and tired of this never ender re-instruction on how to do or say basic things. Announcing one's pronouns at the beginning of a meeting is cringy and stupid, and it's even more stupid to claim that one is "accommodating" a blind person by telling him the color of one's dress or hat. That is not in any way an accommodation, and it does nothing for anyone.

Or, when you wrote "pathetic", were you announcing your adjective in the way she announced her pronoun? It seems like it.

If one can choose one's pronouns, why not adjectives? If one wants to be referred to as "big" or "colorful" -- why not? What's it to you? Why would you care what they want to be identified as? Just be kind and follow their instructions, right? Savvy, kemosabi?

 

[Michael Cole]

How's that working out for you?

Made me laugh.

 

[reinaert]

Yeah, I don't get it. Seems like an awful lot of wasted energy. Seems self-destructive, actually.

The less things in life I have to take seriously, the happier I am. You would think this would be universal among humans. Why people work themselves up over nothing amazes me.

Drama. Meaning. I don't write this dismissively. Rare is the person who doesn't catch a glimpse of the existential eater of souls. Rarer even, the ones who can keep looking.

 

[bubbabgone]

Fact Check: Did Kamala Harris Announce Her Pronouns and Outfit in Meeting?

VP Kamala Harris fueled confusion and "woke" jibes after sharing her pronouns and describing her dress at White House event.

www.newsweek.com

Vice President Kamala Harris became the latest focal point in this battle after she spoke at a White House meeting with disability rights campaigners.




A very strange introduction for this meeting - one that is being widely mocked.

Note - the 'blue suit' comment does make sense, considering the topic was disability awareness, and they were seeking to accommodate visually impaired people participating. But pronouns? Sex?

After ,la demonstrated her empathy with the attendees and for the woke crowd/media, it would have been a great opportunity to ask her if an abled person can participate in the Special Olympics if they identify as disabled.

 

[dcsports]

It is also gender neutral.

Incorrect

 

[reflechissez]

The article says that, but a blind person can't see the dress, so telling them the color doesn't include them in anything, does it? Or does it? I'm not triggered. I just literally can't see how a blind person becomes "included" by virtue of someone saying "hey, I'm wearing a hat."

Indeed

 

[reinaert]

Incorrect

English 'they' is categorically gender neutral.

By way of comparison:

Issas: they (f.) Sardinian
Issus: they (m.) Sardinian

Hem (הֵם): they (m.) Hebrew
Hen (הֵן): they (f.) Hebrew

 

[bomberfox]

Remember, the people triggered by this type of behavior call OTHERS snowflakes.

They would rather have a blithering idiot up on a podium saying racist, anti-gay bigoted shit, and rant and rave about airports during the Revolutionary War, sharpie hurricanes, building a wall to keep the bad hombres out, and ingesting bleach and sunshine to cure Covid.

I mean they call other people arrogant but like any accusation they come up with it is a confession.

 

[reflechissez]

After ,la demonstrated her empathy with the attendees and for the woke crowd/media, it would have been a great opportunity to ask her if an abled person can participate in the Special Olympics if they identify as disabled.

why?

 

[bomberfox]

You guys (conservatarians with their heads on fire) would be lost speaking most languages, what with genderless third person singulars, third person plurals as an honorific singular 'you', and the Sardinian/Catalan/Spanish/Portuguese multiple second person singular and plurals. Romanian has two forms (dumneata, dumneavoastră) that mean master-your. Italian drops pronouns, and uses verb forms that could work with he, she, it, you, yous and they, and does very little about filling you in. And Greek? Greek, with case forms for every pronoun, and demonstrative, and the definite article where no English speaker expects it. How about Slavic languages, with vocative forms, instrumental forms, and multiple gender and case changes?

Heh. English has been too kind a language to you. You've grown careless and sloppy

Oh hell they would have trouble with usted/nosotros.

 

[bomberfox]

Ignorance is a virtue to conservatives. They've made the full turn to becoming staunchly regressive. This is just a small part of that overall philosophy.

They seek to keep their place in their preferred hierarchy.

 

[reinaert]

They seek to keep their place in their preferred hierarchy.

All of the ways, this.

 

[Michael Cole]

Incorrect

Lol. You're not the king of English. Sorry.

 

[tres borrachos]

Fact Check: Did Kamala Harris Announce Her Pronouns and Outfit in Meeting?

VP Kamala Harris fueled confusion and "woke" jibes after sharing her pronouns and describing her dress at White House event.

www.newsweek.com

Vice President Kamala Harris became the latest focal point in this battle after she spoke at a White House meeting with disability rights campaigners.




A very strange introduction for this meeting - one that is being widely mocked.

Note - the 'blue suit' comment does make sense, considering the topic was disability awareness, and they were seeking to accommodate visually impaired people participating. But pronouns? Sex?

There has been a thread on this in the GP section for a few days.

Every woman at that table introduced herself the same way.

Why is this a big deal? Do we always care about how people introduce themselves at meetings?

 

[tres borrachos]

Hate? Look, she's the Vice President of the US, and the amount of ****ing monumental ball busting the Democrats and the rest of the Left did to TFG and TFVP was so unceasing and over-the-top, that some ridicule of the current VP can't possibly even compare.

Also, she's not accommodating disabled people, because disabled people who can see already know what color her dress is, and telling a blind person what you're wearing doesn't help them or accommodate them in any way.

The Left opened this door by creating an entire cottage industry out of outrage and victimhood, and out of faux offense-taking that literally never ends. People are sick and tired of the constant "akshully" corrections from the ****ing Left, and they are sick and tired of this never ender re-instruction on how to do or say basic things. Announcing one's pronouns at the beginning of a meeting is cringy and stupid, and it's even more stupid to claim that one is "accommodating" a blind person by telling him the color of one's dress or hat. That is not in any way an accommodation, and it does nothing for anyone.

If one can choose one's pronouns, why not adjectives? If one wants to be referred to as "big" or "colorful" -- why not? What's it to you? Why would you care what they want to be identified as? Just be kind and follow their instructions, right? Savvy, kemosabi?

What the left and the Democrats did to TFVP? You mean like they were running around chanting "Hang Mike Pence", or something like that?

Nobody cares what you think they should have said at the meeting or how they introduced themselves to each other. You weren't invited. I'm sure if they wanted your opinion on what "helped" or "accommodated" them, they would have asked you.

 

[SuperDS77]

WTF is wrong with you juvenile dipshits? Why must hate be your response here, to someone who dares to be civil or accommodating to disabled people?

There are times when the perpetually petty and bigoted right wing doesn't even wait to be insulted and, instead, leads with a self-affirming callousness and disdain for the human variety that instantly colors them as dumb and cynical, above all else. Shame on you.

Or, when you wrote "pathetic", were you announcing your adjective in the way she announced her pronoun? It seems like it.

My adjectives are "handsome" and "intelligent" please refer to me that way from now on!

Thanks in advance!

 

[Michael Cole]

Oh hell they would have trouble with usted/nosotros.

The cars reds. Formal vs familiar. Other languages should be taught much earlier. The children are more receptive, and it's only through non-native languages that one learns how different thought patterns result in different manners of speaking/writing while conveying the exact same message.

I'm only semi-fluent in Spanish, and I can't think of an example right now, but one invariably encounters words and phrases that don't translate well into other/certain languages. To me, it's an enlightening experience to know exactly what a phrase means in one language coupled with the inability to translate that phrase accurately in another. It's an experience much closer to pure thought. Almost artistic, IMO.

 

[dcsports]

There has been a thread on this in the GP section for a few days.

Every woman at that table introduced herself the same way.

Why is this a big deal? Do we always care about how people introduce themselves at meetings?

OK - again, didn't see it, looked, and it makes suggestions. It happened on the 26th, so pretty recent.

It's ridiculous.

 

[dcsports]

Lol. You're not the king of English. Sorry.

lol. No, but I use it. This is pretty basic. Thanks!

 

[Integrityrespec]

The pronoun thing doesn't bother me. I can and will call anyone by their preferred pronoun, no skin offa my nose.
I do, however, object to her sitting there in a blue suit, clearly it should have been tan.

I'm not into that BS. If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck I'll probably call it a duck.