Purdue University wants to ban the word "Man"

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even better was something I read about schools that are beginning to believe that grading grammar is pushing white supremacy

the idea is to only grade on the ideas that students put forth and not the grammar used to pen those thoughts and that, apparently, minorities are disadvantaged in their ability to use proper grammar

(insert head scratch emoticon and then an eye roll)
 

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for those who want to read about it....

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10539


[FONT=&quot]“Writing in a non-sexist, non-biased way is both ethically sound and effective,” the OWL advises. “Non-sexist writing is necessary for most audiences; if you write in a sexist manner and alienate much of your audience from your discussion, your writing will be much less effective.”

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[FONT=&quot]“although MAN in its original sense carried the dual meaning of adult human and adult male, its meaning has come to be so closely identified with adult male that the generic use of MAN and other words with masculine markers should be avoided.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hence, instead of writing “mankind,” the OWL suggests that students write “humanity,” people,” or “human beings.”

The guide also takes issue with the word “man-made,” saying that it should be replaced with alternatives like “synthetic,” “manufactured,” or “machine-made.”

For instance, the OWL finds the use of the term “mailman” to be improper, preferring “mail carrier” in its place. Other terms, such as “congressman,” should also be avoided, using “congressional representative” instead.[/FONT]
 

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WTF.....Land of the offended, I shutter to think what our teens will be like in 20 years...
 

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WTF.....Land of the offended, I shutter to think what our teens will be like in 20 years...



It will eventually get better at a certain time when everyone will think about the "others" the way i do because eventually the more and more you do this crap, eventually the country will end up like the 3rd world countries we laugh at everyday. There is a reason Chad, Sudan, Somalia, and countless other countries in Africa are the way they are and have been.
 

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Land of the offended, I shutter to think what our teens will be like in 20 years...

teens????

you mean young adults right?


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even better was something I read about schools that are beginning to believe that grading grammar is pushing white supremacy

the idea is to only grade on the ideas that students put forth and not the grammar used to pen those thoughts and that, apparently, minorities are disadvantaged in their ability to use proper grammar

(insert head scratch emoticon and then an eye roll)
i'm sure this would make many people here at the rx happy
 

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They want to be called “person.”
Which has the word “son” in it...gonna have to come up with something else

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They want to be called “person.”
Which has the word “son” in it...gonna have to come up with something else

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how about human? oh shit that's got man in it too

hmm, earthling? that might work but then discriminating against people that identify with aliens.

maybe we can call the postman a "non gender specific living being that delivers mail"
 

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i'm sure this would make many people here at the rx happy

could imagine a paper written by mob that ends every sentence with "lol", "beeyatch", and "foshizzle" ... it's the idea that counts, remember that :)
 

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I'm OK with that, we've evolved from the greatest generation into snowflakes

instead of "man", use gender neutral descriptions like "snowflakes" or "assholes"

I was going to suggest calling them "cvnt$" (a/k/a pussycats), but then I realized that might not be considered gender neutral.
 

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I'm a traveling man, love when I can

Old man take a look at my life

Father and Son

Walk Like a Man

Piano Man

Rocket Man

Nowhere Man

How do you write those songs? And what the fuck is wrong with "When a Man Loves a Woman"? that song is just fucked in the head, the double whammy
 

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these things are getting ridiculous but even people in the younger generation think its stupid. dont say we are screwed in the future, a lot of our younger generation are great kids but then some stupid media outlet picks this shit up and runs with it. most people with common sense just roll their eyes and say whatever. the news really just needs to let these stories go, it makes us all look stupid as a country.
 

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