First, an antique joke.
A society girl’s father, concerned about her language, sat her down for a heart-to-heart talk. “There are two words I do not want you to use anymore.” he said. “One is ‘swell’ and the other is ‘lousy.'”
“Yes, Papa,” she replied. “And what are the two words?” [30-second laugh break]
There are two words, now buzzwords that crop up every few minutes, that really bug me.
What the dickens is “democracy”? I know it from history as a political system that has doomed everyone who ever tried it. Today it seems to mean “everything and anything endorsed by the Democrat Party.” Hate speech laws, race-hustling, election-rigging… somehow it’s all “democracy.” Oh–and “democracy” is sacred! Even though it’s found nowhere in the Constitution… which guarantees us a republican form of government, not a democracy. Our country’s founders did everything in their power to spare us the ravages of “democracy.”
The other word is “they” for “he” or “she,” because “he” and “she” are now verboten pronouns, reflecting as they do a non-negotiable reality. Wokies don’t like reality. Too much God in it!
To trot out a monstrosity like “Gloria went to the store and they bought some candy.” “They”? They who? There’s only Gloria. Yeahbut, yeahbut! then you’d have to say “she,” and that would make you a Hater Biggit Transphobe! Quick, open a re-education camp!
What kind of drivelling moron do you have to be, to go along with bilge like this? Some new idiocy comes down the pike, and ten minutes later every nipplehead north of Tristan da Cunha is diving onto the bandwagon. No self-respect at all. Not a smidgen of integrity.
I think I’ve just described our ruling class.
Democracy is three wolves and sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
On the pronoun front, even worse is the use of a noun or adjective as a made-up “pronoun.” Singular “they” jars me, but if I backtrack I can figure out what the person means. But when someone claims that his pronouns are “frog/frogself” or “big/large” or something else non-pronominal, I just grind my teeth and turn away.
Frogself. That’s a good one.
Jug o’ rum, anybody?
Don’t mind if I do. 🙂
BTW, we are having a hurricane in the Sonoran Desert of eastern Arizona, today.
Doubtless caused by income inequality.
Well, I did have a good year last year, so you’re probably right. I’ll pay some extra income tax this year, and see if that helps. 🙂
You can pay it here and I’ll see that they get it.
Sounds like a church I heard about. “God needs your money, so write us a check, and we’ll see that He gets it.” 🙂
It’s like when one of the Conservative TV hosts plays a montage of MSM clips where they all same the exact word or phrase – what are these people, jidrools?
Some of them would have to study up to make it as jidrools.
“Jabberwocky” Lewis Carroll
Twas bryllyg, and ye slythy toves
Did gyre and gymble in ye wabe:
All mimsy were ye borogoves;
And ye mome raths outgrabe.
Todays “woke” folks, have gone through Carrol’s “Looking-Glass” and have met the Jabberwocky. Each day new words are invented, and the rest of us are supposed to figure out what they mean, and then we must use those words as those deluded minds perceive the meaning.
If you control the lexicon, you can control the dialogue. I am appalled by how poor English skills have become in America. Pronunciation of words has changed, and I have the impression that the education system has deteriorated to the extent that the educators themselves have been taught by people who were poorly educated, and just were pushed through the colleges like an assembly line.
Oh, good grief, yes! If you can fog a mirror you can get a teaching certificate–as long as your politics are Far Left Stupid.
As I’ve said in the past; about half of my teachers were good people who really wanted to do something good for humanity, and came across as well-educated people who wanted to help youngsters. The other half, struck me as people looking for a steady paycheck, and a handful among these seemed to enjoy being in a position to throw their weight around and take their frustrations
But that was over 50 years ago, and I suspect that matters have not improved since. The public school teachers I’ve met in recent years have not left a positive impression on me, with one exception; a person that is truly dedicated to teaching children.
Like you said, these days, if you can put steam on a mirror, that’s enough to get you in the door, so long as you talk the party line.
Jabberwocky is fun. Wokewocky isn’t.