Today's new pronouns are not only asinine, they are dangerous
HE SHE WE | HIM HER THEY | HIS HER THEIR
Communications are only as good as the language from which they derive, and the language is only as good as its grammar. And that is where we arrive today at our claim that the "new pronouns" (that really are not new, but are hideous and diabolical bastardizations of the science-based pronouns that served us well for centuries) are a danger to the health, safety, security, and general well-being of our society and every member of it.
From the simple, and now prevalent, irritation and confusion of trying to figure out who or what a news article is talking about when they use the word their instead of his or her, to the potentially life endangering mis-use of pronouns by a police, medical, or 911 dispatcher, this linguistic charade in the guise of social equity must stop, and it must stop now. The adults in the room must stand up and make it known that we will not be a society that is dominated, bullied, and run by the shrill and the insane.
For for those of you who are victims of government schooling and never learned proper grammar to begin with, I advise and encourage you to search for an older, let's say 50 years or so, grammar book, and study it. At the same time keep reminding yourself that you really don't want to contribute to the final destruction of the American way of life and Westerm culture. I realize that those of you who are products of the government schools over the past 50 years will have to give that advice a considerable amount of thought before heeding it, but trust me, your lives will be considerably easier and less confusing if you will jump onto my deprogramming bandwagon.
He, she, we, they, them, his, hers, theirs... They are small words, but they make a huge difference in our understanding of what is being communicated to us verbally and in writing. They give rich and accurate context to every sentence or paragraph that is written or spoken. They have no inherent sociological or political meaning, they simply, each of them, describe a reality. "He" is either male or generic. "She" is female. Simple, not confusing, and accurate.
To allow the practice of using pronouns interchangeably based entirely upon a pure whim--and that is all that the new pronoun movement is about, just a whim--is to open the door to even more abuse of the English language and grammar, an abuse that is dangerous to all of our well-being.
We might just as well post internet recipes calling for pineapple as an ingredient, when, in fact, grapes should be used, simply because some tiny insane and agenda-driven band of devilish nut-burgers thinks fruits should be able to identify as whatever species they desire.
0r how about allowing members of the military to identify with any rank that they so desire? A private or a corporal might feel strongly that those ranks signify positions that are less than equitable and inclusive, and thereby might wish to identify as a sergeant or a colonel.
Pshaw, you say, no one who is of sound mind would say either of these scenarios is the same as using pronouns interchangeably.
Pshaw indeed. I say, there is no difference between calling a grape a pineapple or calling a corporal a colonel, and using pronouns interchangeably or inventing an entire array of new pronouns that are totally nonsensical, at best, and despicably evil, at worst. In each case, you have taken scientifically-based grammar and muddled it with emotion-based meanings that have no basis in science or reality.
If you comment on or forward this blog post I would request that you have the decency and courage to refer to me as he, him, or his, if the occasion to use pronouns arises, as I am a red-blooded American male.
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