Posted on 01/22/2024 12:06:04 PM PST by DallasBiff
In a speech on July 23, 2022, before the Conservative Political Action Committee, or CPAC, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced himself to the audience with the words, “My name is Ted Cruz and my pronoun is kiss my *ss.”
In 2019, the Vermont College of Fine Arts appealed to a different group. They replaced the term alumni – which is derived from the Latin masculine plural but traditionally used to refer to all graduates of the school – with alumnx. In its statement, the college said that dropping the traditional term “alumni” was “a clear step toward exercising more intentional language, which we strive to implement in all aspects of college life.”
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They hate all free thinkers.
It’s Latin conjugation. Alumni includes masculine and feminine plural. Alumnus would be singular masculine. Alumna would be singular feminine. Alumnae would be plural feminine. The Spanish language also has masculine and feminine conjugation, should that language also be changed?
Is the point of this to come up with a word that includes the small number of people who don’t identify with male or female? Or is the point to take control of language in order to control the people?
Let's ask the Latinx population.
No, on second thought, don't ask them. Those little brown people might disagree with their liberal betters and that will just stress everyone involved. < /Typical leftist cultural imperialist>
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