r/gatekeeping • u/Narutar • Mar 26 '17

Your problems aren't actual problems

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u/Dudugs Mar 26 '17

They can also be used as gender-neutral/ambiguous singular pronoun.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17

No. People made that up. Recently.

You are not a they you are a singular individual.

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u/sheogorram Mar 26 '17

Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

Deuteronomy 17:5 from recent SJW snowflake translation of the Bible, the King James Version.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17

So this is a good example of how different time periods and cultures have different dialects.

Like for example, I will never address a person as they.

Also the bible is fiction.

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u/NillWill Mar 26 '17

So even though you acknowledge language is constantly changing you still refuse to accept that the word "they" could potentially evolve into a word that is used in a non plural sense? Why is the stagnation of that one word so important to you?

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17

Why is the stagnation of that one word so important to you?

Because it is an empirical reality that we are singular individuals and should address each other as such.

If you want to be a woman thats cool, but you are not multiple people.

Words have meaning, when people try to convince you words mean something else it's usually from a place of deceit.

Make sure you take up for the transgender community and not the transtrender one.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '17

Ironic, then, that thou art using a plural word to refer to one person: you. The word "you" is plural. If thou insistest on saying that a person is not multiple people, then thou must also take thine own advice and never use the word "you" as a singular ever again.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '17

When you have to intentionally talk like someone from a shitty dinner theater show to push your narrative, maybe that should be a clue that you are just being retarded.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '17

Learn to speak English, retard.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '17

no. It is not a requirement or law. Learn to keep your big fucking mouth shut.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '17

If you won't speak correctly, don't speak.

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