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You can be fined for not calling people ‘ze’ or ‘hir,’ if that’s the pronoun they demand that [tr]
Washington Post - Volokh Conspiracy ^ | May 17, 2017 | Eugene Volokh

Posted on 05/18/2016 5:59:33 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: C19fan
Why don't we just assign everyone a number and call them by their number. Problem solved.


41 posted on 05/18/2016 8:08:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: C19fan

I can see someone coming up with a crazy pronoun for themselves and sue these idiots under their own rules.


42 posted on 05/18/2016 8:53:14 AM PDT by Suz in AZ
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To: C19fan

Thought crimes!!


43 posted on 05/18/2016 8:57:11 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary Clinton: Hamas puts its rockets and ammo in schools and hospitals because Gaza is small)
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To: Dick Bachert

How about “creepy?” Works for me!


44 posted on 05/18/2016 8:58:08 AM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: C19fan

What’s to prevent a litigious person from inventing a pronoun and suing at the drop of a hat? It’s difficult enough just getting proper names right when dealing with the public. Add another level of complexity and errors will be made frequently.


45 posted on 05/18/2016 9:05:03 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: C19fan

I hate New York City.


46 posted on 05/18/2016 9:19:01 AM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: prof.h.mandingo

A new low in self-loathing!


47 posted on 05/18/2016 9:21:53 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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To: C19fan
individual’s sex assigned at birth,

Just when you think Leftists can't get any stupider they up the ante.

48 posted on 05/18/2016 9:24:37 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: heterosupremacist

You know, if you add these all to a job test and if someone knows the answers of all of them, well does that help you make an employment decision?


49 posted on 05/18/2016 9:29:39 AM PDT by taildragger (Not my Monkey, not my Circus...)
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To: circlecity
I guess freedom of speech and religion don’t apply in NYC.

Not just NYC. It seems everywhere in the country we have lost our freedom of speech, religion and association. All first amendment rights.

50 posted on 05/18/2016 9:46:16 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: taildragger

You can go one step beyond that and say you feel like the boss and just hire yourself. Problem solved.


51 posted on 05/18/2016 9:46:49 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: heterosupremacist

I notice this list has no Male or Female choice. So, now the choice of one of the two sexes is not listed in a long list of weirdness and perversion. So, can I get a lawyer and sue for not being represented in this list?


52 posted on 05/18/2016 9:48:16 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: C19fan

My preferred gender pronoun is all eight verses of “La Marsellaise,” sung in the key of E in the style of Rocky the Flying Squirrel.

And heaven help you if you get any of the words wrong.

I’ll be able to retire by 50.


53 posted on 05/18/2016 10:13:18 AM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I’m going to start talking like Bob Dole, because Bob Dole never got in trouble calling Bob Dole Bob Dole.

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Hear the one about the guy looking for his friend who was named Bob Peters?

He opened the barber shop door and said, Bob Peters here?

The barber said, nope, just shave and a hair cut.

My barber told me that one about 50 years ago.


54 posted on 05/18/2016 4:39:32 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Crooked Hillary's going down and I aint talkin about, on Huma.)
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To: baltimorepoet

Actually, ‘it’ is definitely not inclusive enough. The term you are probably looking for is she/he/it, more commonly known as ‘shit’ for short.


55 posted on 05/18/2016 4:42:01 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: Graybeard58
Did your barber use plenty of shaving cream?
56 posted on 05/18/2016 5:44:38 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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