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Yes, you would prefer to have sex with a man over a woman, right? I mean technically speaking, you could have sex with a woman, but you dont want to, right?I'm female and am attracted to males. Is this a preference? Some conscious choice that I made that I don't recall?
Turning "sexual preference" into a naughty word is fucking stupid. No one is going to get behind this madness. This shit makes you lefties look retarded.
I guess they have Winston Smith working for them.
Merriam-Webster alters definition of sexual "preference" to say it's offensive after Hirono attacked Barrett for using it
Check the Wayback Machine and you’ll find that Merriam-Webster’s definition of “preference” said nothing about the term being offensive as of September 28, the last time the page was archived. Today the label “offensive” has been attached, with this note about usage:
It’s … strange that the alleged offensiveness of the term came to M-W’s attention only recently if it’s “widely considered” to be taboo.Usage of Preference
The term preference as used to refer to sexual orientation is widely considered offensive in its implied suggestion that a person can choose who they are sexually or romantically attracted to.
As for when, precisely, the definition was altered, presumably only the editors know. But there is this:
Looks like the page was updated on the very same day that Mazie Hirono went after Barrett for using the term “sexual preference” at her confirmation hearing. Fancy that.
The thing is there is no such thing as a memory hole (yet) when it comes to the internet, things are always archived, by multiple parties, so one can see if things were changed, and usually when they were changed.
Someone needs to tell Merriam-Webster that 1984 wasn't a how to manual.
Yes, you would prefer to have sex with a man over a woman, right? I mean technically speaking, you could have sex with a woman, but you dont want to, right?I'm female and am attracted to males. Is this a preference? Some conscious choice that I made that I don't recall?
Turning "sexual preference" into a naughty word is fucking stupid. No one is going to get behind this madness. This shit makes you lefties look retarded.
The term "preference" makes it seem like sexual orientation is a choice, when it is not. It is something that we are born with. It's hard-wired.
Even if it did, who cares? It doesnt bother me if anyone thinks i have a choice.Yes, you would prefer to have sex with a man over a woman, right? I mean technically speaking, you could have sex with a woman, but you dont want to, right?I'm female and am attracted to males. Is this a preference? Some conscious choice that I made that I don't recall?
Turning "sexual preference" into a naughty word is fucking stupid. No one is going to get behind this madness. This shit makes you lefties look retarded.
The term "preference" makes it seem like sexual orientation is a choice, when it is not. It is something that we are born with. It's hard-wired.
I looked up "shitstain" in my super old Funk and Wagnalls and look what came up.....
Kinda weird. Like they were clairvoyant or something.
I guess they have Winston Smith working for them.
I looked up "shitstain" in my super old Funk and Wagnalls and look what came up.....
I guess they have Winston Smith working for them.
Sexual Preference has always been offensive. It works on the assumption that gay people just PREFER to be gay.
Sexual orientation is an accurate statement, and that's what's been used for decades now.
Wow, and now you go full Orwell.
What about bisexuals?
Wow, and now you go full Orwell.
What about bisexuals?
They increase their chance of getting a date by 100%.
Nothing "Orwellian" about it.
Sexual Preference infers that a gay person has a choice. They really don't. No more than you had a choice about being straight.
We used to call Asian People "Orientals" and black people "Colored", before it was realized that was kind of offensive. Same with this.
I see Marty is defending bigots as usual.I guess they have Winston Smith working for them.
Merriam-Webster alters definition of sexual "preference" to say it's offensive after Hirono attacked Barrett for using it
Check the Wayback Machine and you’ll find that Merriam-Webster’s definition of “preference” said nothing about the term being offensive as of September 28, the last time the page was archived. Today the label “offensive” has been attached, with this note about usage:
It’s … strange that the alleged offensiveness of the term came to M-W’s attention only recently if it’s “widely considered” to be taboo.Usage of Preference
The term preference as used to refer to sexual orientation is widely considered offensive in its implied suggestion that a person can choose who they are sexually or romantically attracted to.
As for when, precisely, the definition was altered, presumably only the editors know. But there is this:
Looks like the page was updated on the very same day that Mazie Hirono went after Barrett for using the term “sexual preference” at her confirmation hearing. Fancy that.
The thing is there is no such thing as a memory hole (yet) when it comes to the internet, things are always archived, by multiple parties, so one can see if things were changed, and usually when they were changed.
Someone needs to tell Merriam-Webster that 1984 wasn't a how to manual.
I see Marty is defending bigots as usual.I guess they have Winston Smith working for them.
Merriam-Webster alters definition of sexual "preference" to say it's offensive after Hirono attacked Barrett for using it
Check the Wayback Machine and you’ll find that Merriam-Webster’s definition of “preference” said nothing about the term being offensive as of September 28, the last time the page was archived. Today the label “offensive” has been attached, with this note about usage:
It’s … strange that the alleged offensiveness of the term came to M-W’s attention only recently if it’s “widely considered” to be taboo.Usage of Preference
The term preference as used to refer to sexual orientation is widely considered offensive in its implied suggestion that a person can choose who they are sexually or romantically attracted to.
As for when, precisely, the definition was altered, presumably only the editors know. But there is this:
Looks like the page was updated on the very same day that Mazie Hirono went after Barrett for using the term “sexual preference” at her confirmation hearing. Fancy that.
The thing is there is no such thing as a memory hole (yet) when it comes to the internet, things are always archived, by multiple parties, so one can see if things were changed, and usually when they were changed.
Someone needs to tell Merriam-Webster that 1984 wasn't a how to manual.
So orientation is non-fluid, but gender is?
Wow, talk about doublethink.
sorry, but kind of offensive is just because some people try to take advantage of situations.
I see Marty is defending bigots as usual.
Unfortunately, you have used the book as a "how to" guide, and not a warning about what it looks like to be a complete fraud.
Sadly, we all had to suffer through his book in High School.
But here's the thing... words change because we need to describe things more accurately or less offensively.
Sexual Preference is WRONG!!! Nobody chooses to be gay or straight, they just are. We have sexual orientation. If someone who is going to be making important decisions about LGBTQ rights is that piss ignorant, she shouldn't be on the court.
Unfortunately, you have used the book as a "how to" guide, and not a warning about what it looks like to be a complete fraud.
Not a single one of you addle-minded sock puppets gave one single flying fuck about this innocuous word, until a woman who is literally the most stupid individual in the Senate (prabably of all time) brought this up, because an equally stupid staffer pulled it out of their ass.
