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  The Importance of Language

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  language is obviously a very important thing.

  obviously, language is essential in conveying ideas - without it, we'd be screwed.. but it goes beyond that in terms of its importance.. first, it's a good idea to use accurate language, especially when talking about important things or discussing difficult topics.. second, we should be free to use the words we want to use.

  unfortunately, there is an attempt by certain people to control what words we can and cannot say.

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  The average woman will be fertile between roughly 15 and 45 years of age. This is the case for the majority of women.

  It is intellectually dishonest to try and disentangle female fertility and women!

  But most women are not fertile - pure nonsense (see above).

  I don’t think “egg provider” is any more problematic than “sperm donor”. It has a reasonable meaning in that context - this is a fair point.

  But there is a tendency for activists to try and disentangle 'female fertility' from 'women' that is having an impact on free speech. Look at the recent case of JK Rowling if you want to know what happens when you disagree.
  
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  Voter Fraud !

  by Sea Breeze in

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  dick morris sounds the alert:.

  https://www.dickmorris.com/fight-massive-democratice-fraud/ .

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  LoveUniHateExams

  Mmmhh, this is interesting …

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRJGg2UrnWE
  
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  The Importance of Language

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  2. current

  language is obviously a very important thing.

  obviously, language is essential in conveying ideas - without it, we'd be screwed.. but it goes beyond that in terms of its importance.. first, it's a good idea to use accurate language, especially when talking about important things or discussing difficult topics.. second, we should be free to use the words we want to use.

  unfortunately, there is an attempt by certain people to control what words we can and cannot say.

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  LoveUniHateExams

  What I’m not in favour of, is just making stuff up - I didn't make stuff up, I just got it wrong.

  The use of “egg providers” was apparently a fertility context, not a general replacement for the word “women” - but the word 'woman' would be ok here, because the vast majority of women have eggs and are fertile.
  
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  The Importance of Language

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  language is obviously a very important thing.

  obviously, language is essential in conveying ideas - without it, we'd be screwed.. but it goes beyond that in terms of its importance.. first, it's a good idea to use accurate language, especially when talking about important things or discussing difficult topics.. second, we should be free to use the words we want to use.

  unfortunately, there is an attempt by certain people to control what words we can and cannot say.

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  But there is a strong influencing group who are becoming Word Nazis and it is becoming silly - indeed.

  People should be able to express themselves however they wish, as long as they're not using abusive language, or using words in an abusive context.
  

  'Word Nazis' - I think I'll nick that. ;)
  
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  The Importance of Language

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  language is obviously a very important thing.

  obviously, language is essential in conveying ideas - without it, we'd be screwed.. but it goes beyond that in terms of its importance.. first, it's a good idea to use accurate language, especially when talking about important things or discussing difficult topics.. second, we should be free to use the words we want to use.

  unfortunately, there is an attempt by certain people to control what words we can and cannot say.

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  Learning how not to make horrible faux pas like that is one of the hardest things about learning a new language - very much so.

  I was reading a book in my local library by a British guy who lived with and photographed Bedouin people. Many Arabs are urbanised/settled, but some still roam the deserts of the Arabian peninsula and the Levant, rearing camels and/or sheep/goats (some Bedouin even consider Bedouin who raise sheep/goats as not true Bedouin XD).

  This British author apparently highly offended a Dubai businessman by calling his ancestors 'Bedouin', lol. He didn't mean any offence, he obviously holds a romantic view of Bedouin people, unlike the Dubai businessman. XD
  
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  The Importance of Language

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  language is obviously a very important thing.

  obviously, language is essential in conveying ideas - without it, we'd be screwed.. but it goes beyond that in terms of its importance.. first, it's a good idea to use accurate language, especially when talking about important things or discussing difficult topics.. second, we should be free to use the words we want to use.

  unfortunately, there is an attempt by certain people to control what words we can and cannot say.

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  LoveUniHateExams

  Mmm colour me skeptical. Where is this “video”? - here's the video ...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDEMGTMO7zM
  

  BTW, why on earth should you be sceptical? Remember that JK Rowling got a ton of online hate, including death threats, for simply mocking the phrase 'people who menstruate'.
  
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  The problem with Capitalism!---Billionaires

  by pistolpete in

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  as imperfect and flawed capitalism is, it has worked better than other forms of economic and political systems-so far.

  it’s very simple in “theory.” capitalism is an economic and-or, political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

  in other words, keep government out of it as much as possible.

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  Social democracies promote education for all - but we in the UK already have this, and we're a capitalist country.

  So, you could also say 'capitalist democracies promote education for all'. ;)
  
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  The problem with Capitalism!---Billionaires

  by pistolpete in

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  as imperfect and flawed capitalism is, it has worked better than other forms of economic and political systems-so far.

  it’s very simple in “theory.” capitalism is an economic and-or, political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

  in other words, keep government out of it as much as possible.

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  Always an interesting/bold move when capitalist apologists invoke Cambodia to argue against egalitarian social democratic alternatives to dysfunctional late stage capitalism. Like, what’s the connection? - socialism is the half-way house to communism. You personally might not regard it in this way but plenty of left-wingers do.

  Plus, both socialism and communism rely on the same holy text by the same man - Das Capital by Karl Marx.

  Karl Marx knew that his idea would cause violent overthrow of existing institutions.

  BTW Always an interesting/bold move when capitalist apologists invoke Cambodia to argue against egalitarian social democratic alternatives to dysfunctional late stage capitalism - this wasn't the reason why I posted my original comment.

  More like, I was saying 'you think capitalism has problems, just look at communism'.
  
  
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  The Importance of Language

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  2. current

  language is obviously a very important thing.

  obviously, language is essential in conveying ideas - without it, we'd be screwed.. but it goes beyond that in terms of its importance.. first, it's a good idea to use accurate language, especially when talking about important things or discussing difficult topics.. second, we should be free to use the words we want to use.

  unfortunately, there is an attempt by certain people to control what words we can and cannot say.

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  LoveUniHateExams

  Language is obviously a very important thing. Obviously, language is essential in conveying ideas - without it, we'd be screwed.

  But it goes beyond that in terms of its importance.

  First, it's a good idea to use accurate language, especially when talking about important things or discussing difficult topics.

  Second, we should be free to use the words we want to use. Unfortunately, there is an attempt by certain people to control what words we can and cannot say. This is evident in Canada's Bill C-16, which requires by law people to use other people's pronouns. Plus, I've just come across a video which gives a list of terms for hospitals to call female patients:

  Vulva havers

  Womb-bearers

  Menstruators

  Egg-providers
  

  Person with eggs

  
  

  ^^^ sorry, couldn't resist it, that last term is ridiculous, lol.

  The world isn't always an easy place in which to live, and life often throws up difficult issues.

  We should be free to use the words we want to use. Social media platforms such as Twitter and FaceBook take note.
  
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  The problem with Capitalism!---Billionaires

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  as imperfect and flawed capitalism is, it has worked better than other forms of economic and political systems-so far.

  it’s very simple in “theory.” capitalism is an economic and-or, political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

  in other words, keep government out of it as much as possible.

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  LoveUniHateExams

  @PistolPete - you've started an interesting thread about the flaws of Capitalism (and it does have flaws), but I'd just like to show you and everyone else the problem with Communism …