All normal people inherently understand the difference between men and women on a level beyond language and no amount of communist wordsmithing will ever truly change that.
I agree. Controlling language usage and entering nonsensical definitions into dictionaries doesn't so much control thought as attempt to control it by imposing some sort of penalty for wrong-speak.
Someone corrected or banned from a forum or even fired from a job for calling women females still believes the same thing, only now he's angry, seething with resentment.
Eventually he comes to the choice--will I conform to their speech codes or just stop playing with them and become their enemy?
The answer always depends on what the speech criminal thinks he'll lose for not conforming.
All normal people inherently understand the difference between men and women on a level beyond language and no amount of communist wordsmithing will ever truly change that.
I agree. Controlling language usage and entering nonsensical definitions into dictionaries doesn't so much control thought as attempt to control it by imposing some sort of penalty for wrong-speak.
Someone corrected or banned from a forum or even fired from a job for calling women females still believes the same thing, only now he's angry, seething with resentment.
Eventually he comes to the choice--will I conform to their speech codes or just stop playing with them and become their enemy?
The answer always depends on what the speech criminal thinks he'll lose for not conforming.