tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2459910301460073343..comments2024-03-28T10:54:10.906-05:00Comments on Althouse: "[T]he 19-year-old woke up about 4 a.m. Sunday to a 'crunching sound' with his head inside the bear’s mouth."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38344899121909939492020-09-12T05:39:17.279-05:002020-09-12T05:39:17.279-05:00Althouse,
You may or may not know this, but the N...Althouse,<br /><br />You may or may not know this, but the NYT has an editorial policy to never use the word "baby" in any article that references an unborn child. The rule is always to use the word "fetus." And you especially do this in any article about abortion. (That's why the NYT came up with the rule). It is of course very awkward in non-abortion articles. But the NYT doesn't care about this. They just want to make sure the word "baby" is kept out of the public mind.<br /><br />It's not a neutral choice. Medical doctors (and lawyers) often use Latin. Why do doctors and lawyers use Latin, when English works just as well? Mainly, to impress people with your knowledge and authority ("I know Latin!"). And, in the case of doctors, to create emotional distance. Doctors often use the word "gravida" to describe a pregnant woman. So it's a gravida and her fetus, if you're trying to talk like a doctor. And a pregnant woman and her unborn child, if you're using English.<br /><br />It would be quite absurd for the NYT to say, "And a gravida was killed today." Would it not? There's nothing neutral about that choice of language. Always saying "fetus" is a propaganda-move, common on the left, to intentionally use words and rhetoric to shift thinking. <br /><br />The NYT also has a rule that the words "pro-life" and "right-to-life" are never to be used. This rule only applies to the pro-life movement. Even National Socialists get to call themselves National Socialists. The Ku Klux Klan gets to name itself. Would it not be absurd for the NYT to rename these political movements on their news pages? Would it not be ridiculous for the NYT to say, consistently, over and over, "National Not-Socialists" or the "Coo Cluck Clan"? <br /><br />It's a propaganda move to rename pro-lifers "anti-abortionists" and to never use the words "pro-life." It's bad journalism. It's dishonest. So quit trying to save the NYT's reputation by pretending this language choice is "neutral." It's cruel, yes, you got that part right. But there's nothing neutral about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85392019233036833912020-09-11T10:13:07.503-05:002020-09-11T10:13:07.503-05:00Right-wing = Baby
Journalistically neutral = Fetu...Right-wing = Baby<br /><br />Journalistically neutral = Fetus<br /><br />Left-wing = ????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70063058053438663082020-09-11T05:42:22.819-05:002020-09-11T05:42:22.819-05:00First off it's a baby.
" What's the f...First off it's a baby.<br />" What's the fetus doing in there that the sonogram is picking up? Wearing a tutu? Playing with electric trains?"<br />That would be AWSOME! <br />" Here hon. I got an 'N' scale train set and an engineers hat for the baby. See if that will fit up there."Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-379458178806474562020-09-10T22:45:13.470-05:002020-09-10T22:45:13.470-05:00My advice to anyone in that situation: grin and b...My advice to anyone in that situation: grin and bear it.<br /><br />Except if it happens at a sex reveal party. In that case, grin and bare it.Cryptohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003035619554006019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60312402921255044462020-09-10T22:01:32.030-05:002020-09-10T22:01:32.030-05:00I hate it when that happens.I hate it when that happens.MarKThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580870727650088197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47585321150581022462020-09-10T21:44:49.111-05:002020-09-10T21:44:49.111-05:00I've said it before: The terminology is the p...I've said it before: The terminology is the problem. When we say "transgender man" we are referring to a woman, and when we say "transgender woman" we are referring to a man. But suppose we reverse that, and say that a woman who identifies as a man is a "transgender woman", that is, she's a woman but thinks of herself as the other gender; and a man who identifies as a woman is a "transgender man", that is, he's a man who thinks of himself as the other gender. That way, men who identify as women would be less likely to take college athletic scholorships away from my granddaughters.The Godfatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10575359417766667457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43532723173873928632020-09-10T20:45:53.692-05:002020-09-10T20:45:53.692-05:00More death and destruction associated with a "...<i>More death and destruction associated with a "gender reveal" party. Just when will our feckless government officials act and ban these dangerous activities? Govs. Cuomo, Newsom, Walz: Step up and act! Why won't you protect us before Trump kills us all?</i><br /><br />"How many more must die, Mr. Speaker? How many more?"tommyesqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10101999223643241303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91828834381952186622020-09-10T20:10:52.435-05:002020-09-10T20:10:52.435-05:00A couple years ago, some friends of ours suffered ...A couple years ago, some friends of ours suffered a miscarriage. <br /><br />Sheesh, for all their grief, you’d have thought it was a baby. <br /><br />Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19227994369068203152020-09-10T19:08:41.882-05:002020-09-10T19:08:41.882-05:00The fetus self-identifies as gender X to the perso...The fetus self-identifies as gender X to the person in whose womb the fetus temporarily resides.elkh1https://www.blogger.com/profile/00534103936438339710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84587609852520336922020-09-10T18:38:48.050-05:002020-09-10T18:38:48.050-05:00What's the fetus doing in there that the sonog...<i>What's the fetus doing in there that the sonogram is picking up? Wearing a tutu? Playing with electric trains?</i><br /><br />There's nothing wrong with girls playing with electric trains. My wife, who is <b>all</b> woman had a better Lionel train set when she was young that I had at the same age.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41738316873231549662020-09-10T18:34:49.395-05:002020-09-10T18:34:49.395-05:00Ever eat a human? many parts are edible. Ever eat a human? many parts are edible. rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76047727021086907692020-09-10T17:47:19.545-05:002020-09-10T17:47:19.545-05:00"How could anyone figure out the gender of a ..."How could anyone figure out the gender of a fetus?! What's the fetus doing in there that the sonogram is picking up? Wearing a tutu? Playing with electric trains?"<br /><br />Good point. Can a fetus have a gender? Not unless it can choose. Parents can't choose gender for their children - why can they choose death?wildswanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975129877750876072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2707491867179903402020-09-10T17:43:24.710-05:002020-09-10T17:43:24.710-05:00It wasn’t very long ago that “gender” and “sex” me...It wasn’t very long ago that “gender” and “sex” meant the same thing— and both were immutable. It was a bit longer ago that “fetus” and “unborn child” meant the same thing, and there was no open season on either.The Godfatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10575359417766667457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74075425085543508062020-09-10T17:37:01.293-05:002020-09-10T17:37:01.293-05:00Cranium Crunchies®
They’re beartastic!!!Cranium Crunchies®<br /><br />They’re beartastic!!!Imanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212729241514444338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47756893147060744542020-09-10T17:31:47.419-05:002020-09-10T17:31:47.419-05:00How could anyone figure out the gender of a fetus?...<i>How could anyone figure out the gender of a fetus?!</i><br /><br />They didn't. It was fake and she wasn't pregnant.Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46605574647446102762020-09-10T17:27:41.654-05:002020-09-10T17:27:41.654-05:00The 22-year-old has been identified as Autum Garre...<i>The 22-year-old has been identified as Autum Garrett, of Huntington, Ind.</i><br /><br />She white.<br /><br />"More than a year after a mass shooting in Colerain Township, police announced the arrests of <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/12/26/colerain-police-arrests-made-2017-gender-reveal-party-shooting/1252473002/" rel="nofollow">three men who have been charged in the July 2017 killing of Autum Garrett and the shooting of eight others, including three children."</a><br /><br />They <b>BLACK</b>.Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22662626890504363792020-09-10T17:00:20.978-05:002020-09-10T17:00:20.978-05:00Nobody wants to go to a sex reveal party.
Does an...<i>Nobody wants to go to a sex reveal party.</i><br /><br />Does anyone want to go to a <i>gender</i> reveal party?Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623031374944444521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33817081964416555152020-09-10T16:47:40.414-05:002020-09-10T16:47:40.414-05:00When I was crowned a mummy's boy by friends I ...<i> When I was crowned a mummy's boy by friends I didn't like <br />I made a meal of trips to school upon my father's bike <br />I used to sit between his legs, perched on a piece of wood <br />If it ever rained on us, I'd slip beneath his hood <br />And at home the radio was on <br />From Julie Andrews to Jerry Garcia <br />Life was all fun and games <br />I was out of my head and underneath my bed <br />Playing with electric trains<br />At home the stereo was on <br />My head was filled with rock <br />I played a willow cricket bat guitar <br />And soloed round the clock <br />My records stacked up in a pile <br />Collected from the charts <br />And Top of the Pops<br />Kneeling with torchlight shining <br />Before me in my bed <br />My eyeballs stuck in readers wives <br />Pubic hairs proudly counted everyday <br />Manhood took me slowly <br />Out into the milky way<br />I chased the girls and made them cry <br />My hair grew down my back <br />The passing of my teenage years <br />Were spent down in the sack <br />I played guitar and formed a band <br />I puked up all night long<br />As people came to sit and stare <br />While I raced through my songs <br />The sound of music passed by me <br />Just like the Grateful Dead</i><br /><br /><br />https://youtu.be/QfujmqNIEaQImanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212729241514444338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24758576539060303672020-09-10T16:39:27.108-05:002020-09-10T16:39:27.108-05:00""[T]he 19-year-old woke up about 4 a.m....<i>""[T]he 19-year-old woke up about 4 a.m. Sunday to a 'crunching sound' with his head inside the bear’s mouth.""</i><br /><br />If you think that's bad imagine the horror of wokeing up to systemic racism and white supremacy.Smilin' Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501763605001379362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8237740176054082232020-09-10T16:34:28.172-05:002020-09-10T16:34:28.172-05:00This was helpful. I've never taken the time, ...This was helpful. I've never taken the time, until today, to figure this out.<br /><br />Sex is the real thing, gender is the made up thing.<br /><br />Got it.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84485476963548723352020-09-10T15:56:55.332-05:002020-09-10T15:56:55.332-05:00Re: The Gender Reveal Melee:
Apparently, the &qu...Re: The Gender Reveal Melee:<br /><br />Apparently, the "gender reveal" wasn't really a thing. The supposedly blushing mom-to-be wasn't really a mom-to-be. She wasn't in a family way at all, meaning she had no fetus whose gender she wished to reveal. Oh, and apparently, the party poopers have been arrested:<br /><br />https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6530653/3-men-arrested-2017-mass-shooting-gender-reveal-party.html<br /><br />jvbjohn burgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04821797286120403905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83432354516988879492020-09-10T15:53:01.596-05:002020-09-10T15:53:01.596-05:00Because a "Sex Reveal Party" sounds dirt...Because a "Sex Reveal Party" sounds dirty<br /><br />Ginsburg says she only started writing "gender" in legal docs because she thought talking about sex all the time was sounding weird. pdughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09832284495239324375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21079974438179987762020-09-10T15:40:00.943-05:002020-09-10T15:40:00.943-05:00She said the teenager punched and hit it and other...<i>She said the teenager punched and hit it and other staffers at Glacier View Ranch 48 miles northwest of Denver yelled and swatted at the bear, which ran away.</i><br /><br />Wazzit just me or did it take a re-read to understand that the teenager didn't hit the bear AND the other staffers, but only the bear, while immediately subsequent to the head-munching incident the other staffers at the Ranch then proceeded to harass the bear?<br /><br />Not a clearly composed sentence, by any standards. YoungHegelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723316130501823658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48424875761673062622020-09-10T15:03:36.438-05:002020-09-10T15:03:36.438-05:00A fellow around here who was attacked by a bear al...A fellow around here who was attacked by a bear also spoke of the "crunching" sound when it bit his skull. But he didn't wake up with his head in the bear's mouth. OTOH, there was an abalone fisherman in California who told me of finding his head in the mouth of a great white. He beat on it's snout and it backed off. Maybe I should have asked for more details :)chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14503412320663711202020-09-10T14:50:09.863-05:002020-09-10T14:50:09.863-05:00I bet that gal's hair smelled like honey. Mmm...I bet that gal's hair smelled like honey. Mmmmm.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04045723803540541920noreply@blogger.com