Keith Green was prone to say, "just saying you're a Christian doesn't make you a Christian anymore than going to McDonalds makes you a hamburger." Identities matter, as do words, and as such, they are concrete and fixed and may vary slightly over time, but in the end, they never really "change." Just because someone says they identify as doesn't make it so. Biology is fixed and no amount of manipulation, be it surgical, chemical, etc will change that fact. We live in a world of absolutes, and these things never change.
The other one that always gets me is “people of color”, as if some people have no color! (Even pure albinos without any pigment are still white)
If they want to discriminate based on shades of color they need to invent a handy “melanin meter” so we can easily check just what percent of melanin we have. I’m sure the figures would shock many of us. Then we can leave it up to the social/cultural norms to determine which end (darker or lighter) is preferable, or maybe the perfect middle will be!
The one word that, in my mind, has lost it's meaning because of over/improper use is "RACIST." That along with the word "nazi" have become empty descriptions of any person or group.
Which reminds .e of the over use of the word "literally" during the late 80s into the early 90s.
Sadly, some people just don't have the sense God give a turnip and don't know how to look up a word to learn it's LITERAL meaning.
Let’s call a spade a spade- it’s a mental illness being glorified and celebrated by mentally ill media and politicians. I’m sick of this shit!!! (I edited this to remove profanity, that’s how averse I am to this BS!!!)
Very well said, thank you, Chad! You know IF people would have actually used this in an argument with the courts. I often think of the one Dad that his ex wife, was determined to change his son into a female. And the "judge" that was pushing for it as well. I hope that never happened. And I think of all of the so called "parents" that pushed this trans crap onto their Children.
I can think of two words that I've misconstrued due to 'feeling' definition: Natty and Egalitarian. Imagine my chagrin when discovering that natty does not describe a hobo and egalitarian is the opposite of a Marie Antoinette philosophy.
Keith Green was prone to say, "just saying you're a Christian doesn't make you a Christian anymore than going to McDonalds makes you a hamburger." Identities matter, as do words, and as such, they are concrete and fixed and may vary slightly over time, but in the end, they never really "change." Just because someone says they identify as doesn't make it so. Biology is fixed and no amount of manipulation, be it surgical, chemical, etc will change that fact. We live in a world of absolutes, and these things never change.
One of my great grandmother's favorite sayings was, "sayin' it don't make it so."
The other one that always gets me is “people of color”, as if some people have no color! (Even pure albinos without any pigment are still white)
If they want to discriminate based on shades of color they need to invent a handy “melanin meter” so we can easily check just what percent of melanin we have. I’m sure the figures would shock many of us. Then we can leave it up to the social/cultural norms to determine which end (darker or lighter) is preferable, or maybe the perfect middle will be!
Which brings on the thought... do we change status as we tan or a tan fades?
Temporary virtue signaling and apparently cultural appropriation.
We laugh, but tanning lotions and booths are a thing…
The one word that, in my mind, has lost it's meaning because of over/improper use is "RACIST." That along with the word "nazi" have become empty descriptions of any person or group.
Which reminds .e of the over use of the word "literally" during the late 80s into the early 90s.
Sadly, some people just don't have the sense God give a turnip and don't know how to look up a word to learn it's LITERAL meaning.
Literally…
Let’s call a spade a spade- it’s a mental illness being glorified and celebrated by mentally ill media and politicians. I’m sick of this shit!!! (I edited this to remove profanity, that’s how averse I am to this BS!!!)
Language and terminology has become so diluted and misused that anything can be interpreted as a personal insult.
Very well said, thank you, Chad! You know IF people would have actually used this in an argument with the courts. I often think of the one Dad that his ex wife, was determined to change his son into a female. And the "judge" that was pushing for it as well. I hope that never happened. And I think of all of the so called "parents" that pushed this trans crap onto their Children.
I can think of two words that I've misconstrued due to 'feeling' definition: Natty and Egalitarian. Imagine my chagrin when discovering that natty does not describe a hobo and egalitarian is the opposite of a Marie Antoinette philosophy.