The Sage of Main Street
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Here in Maine, I've been wondering what we could call lobster fishing people since lobsterman and fisherman both end in the dreaded "man," but the substitutes just sound weird. Last week I heard a female lobster fishing person say "I've been a lobsterman since I was 10." I gotta tell you,I was relieved. Some things can take substitutions without any problem--like "humankind" for "mankind." But lobsterperson and fisherperson sounds absolutely stupid.Ok so the argument is completely idiotic. Thanks for clarification on that.Since I live in Manassas Virginia, we are considering getting rid of Man because it is gender specific so my town will be called Assas Va. Boise Idaho, again is gender specific because of Boi, so can only call it Se Idaho. Manchester can only be called City, because Man and Chester are both male, so cant use either. See how easy it is?Ok so I recently watched a lot of Ben Shapiro, Jordan Petersen and Milo yiannopoulos and i watched some arguments from leftist perspectives. My confusion is this, if we are made to use certain pronouns then surely that is an infringement on basic human rights? And actively goes against the argument for gender neutrality. Which from my understanding is that everyone's opinion and belief should be respected.
Am I missing the point or is the argument for neutrality genuinely that flawed?
The pronoun wars are mostly a battlefield of the academic gentry, who have the time on their/zeir/xir/whatever hands to worry about such trivial things.
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