So, we left off with Bard throwing in with the Left in declaring words (sex) can be redefined at any time for political ideology (“gender identity”). And Speech Coercion by Government is a fine thing for Government to tell us how to speak and think:
Yes, a transgender student has the right to be called by their preferred pronouns by others.
As regular readers know, I am beyond the coerciveness of being told to use “preferred pronouns” with respect to those suffering from gender dysphoria. And with respect to “respect”, what the Freedom-weak people don’t understand, it’s a tactic to impress upon you your “language enslavement by proxy and repetition” if you use them to “show … Read more
Libertine: A libertine is a person devoid of most moral principles, a sense of responsibility, or sexual restraints, which they see as unnecessary or undesirable, and is especially someone who ignores or even spurns accepted morals and forms of behaviour observed by the larger society.[1][2] Libertinism is described as an extreme form of hedonism.[3] Libertines put value on physical pleasures, meaning those … Read more
A ninth Grade Merrimack High School “English” teacher (SAU 26) gave students a sheet with some expectations for the class. It included contact information, supplies needed, a course description, and a section titled ‘Class Policies.’
We were part of the Baby Boom generation and are now in our 70s and 80s. We are strangers in a strange land, recalling Robert Heinlein’s book by the same name, which gets stranger by the day.
Do we have free speech or is Government already well down the road to coercing your speech?
I don’t know what’s gong on with GabTV but I keep getting complaints that the videos we are putting up are not behaving well: “stuttering,” video starts and then stops for good, the video stops but the audio keeps playing, and other scenarios in between.
Extended because I’m usually on the phone and only for 15-20 minutes a segment. This past Wednesday was different as Liz invited me into her studio for the entire hour of her show. It was FUN!
Loyal Readers may remember my jousting with my School District over the NH School Board Association’s Policy JBAB – a policy, demanded by the passage of SB263 that: “Gender Identity” became a Protected Class School Districts were told that they SHALL create policies that would keep ALL of the Protected Classes from being discriminated against. … Read more
Requiring people to use someone’s preferred pronoun under threat of punishment is tyrannical. It is also compelled speech and unconstitutional. A point we make weekly if not more often. No one should be made to change their worldview to make you feel better about your choices.
In an email sent system-wide this week, New Hampshire Technical College (NHTI) went full spectrum. Anyone with a name badge can stop over at “Student Affairs” (is that like Ashley Madison?) and get Preferred Pronoun stickers. It’s all part of being inclusive or something.