Feb 28, 2023 03:19 AM
(This post was last modified: Feb 28, 2023 03:32 AM by C C.)
In the course of Leftangelicalism boldly foraging into exotic nooks for new sins that the majority of us are guilty of, it is nice to see more equality in terms of not making such wrong-doing the exclusive property of the English-speaking world. If any religion hopes to expand, it can't harbor its spiritual condemnations within a single population group. Even the early Jewish Christians realized that, and took Paul's lead to deliver the Gospel to the Gentiles. Which changed the course of history.
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Rejecting the use of ‘Latinx’ is transphobic
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...797349.php
EXCERPT (Sebastian Ferrada): . . . In the months that followed, family, friends and I talked about what this meant for me, what pronouns I would use and how we would have patience with each other in the process. Patience was necessary. The debate over the use of Latinx (and more recently, Latine, which I prefer) to refer to people with origins in Latin America has become a source of fierce disagreements among Latine people of all races, ages, genders and sexual identities.
But the debates largely miss the point: Whether one prefers to use Latinx or Latine, both terms recognize and honor the presence of gender-fluid identities. What is most striking about these “debates” is that they rarely (if ever) center the voices and experiences of the transgender, nonbinary and gender-fluid Latine people who do identify with the term.
The linguistic debate on Latinx, then, serves as a useful example to understand the transphobia prevalent in our community and the importance of adopting language that better reflects our communities writ large.
Critics of the term Latinx often cite linguistic purity and Spanish heritage for their critiques. Some claim that Latinx is an abomination to the Spanish language because it does not follow proper grammar or phonology, noting that the “o” in Latino — or any other identity label such as Dominicano, Chileno, Mexicano, for example — is already inclusive of the collective.
While this argument may be grammatically “correct” according to mainstream Spanish, it does not take into account the invisibilities the “o” creates... (MORE - missing details)
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Do you speak Spanish? You are now 'transphobic'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/resto...ransphobic
INTRO: The absurdity of gender ideology leads to incredible claims from pockets of establishment media. Now, according to one left-wing professor, the entire Spanish-speaking world is to be condemned as “transphobic.”
Writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, Sebastian Ferrada declared that the refusal by Latinos to use the activist creations “Latinx” or “Latine” in order to degender the word is "transphobic."
“The linguistic debate on Latinx, then, serves as a useful example to understand the transphobia prevalent in our community,” he writes. He concludes, “The insistence on rejecting the use of Latinx is a transphobic act.”
This means that essentially the entire Spanish-speaking world is transphobic. Multiple polls have shown in the U.S., where you would expect such activist-created terms would gain the most footing, just 2% of Hispanics identify as “Latinx.” In fact, 40% find the term offensive, which shouldn’t be a surprise given that it has been pushed on them by white liberals, along with demands that they change the entire structure of the Spanish language to obscure the gender of adjectives and nouns... (MORE - details)
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Rejecting the use of ‘Latinx’ is transphobic
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...797349.php
EXCERPT (Sebastian Ferrada): . . . In the months that followed, family, friends and I talked about what this meant for me, what pronouns I would use and how we would have patience with each other in the process. Patience was necessary. The debate over the use of Latinx (and more recently, Latine, which I prefer) to refer to people with origins in Latin America has become a source of fierce disagreements among Latine people of all races, ages, genders and sexual identities.
But the debates largely miss the point: Whether one prefers to use Latinx or Latine, both terms recognize and honor the presence of gender-fluid identities. What is most striking about these “debates” is that they rarely (if ever) center the voices and experiences of the transgender, nonbinary and gender-fluid Latine people who do identify with the term.
The linguistic debate on Latinx, then, serves as a useful example to understand the transphobia prevalent in our community and the importance of adopting language that better reflects our communities writ large.
Critics of the term Latinx often cite linguistic purity and Spanish heritage for their critiques. Some claim that Latinx is an abomination to the Spanish language because it does not follow proper grammar or phonology, noting that the “o” in Latino — or any other identity label such as Dominicano, Chileno, Mexicano, for example — is already inclusive of the collective.
While this argument may be grammatically “correct” according to mainstream Spanish, it does not take into account the invisibilities the “o” creates... (MORE - missing details)
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Do you speak Spanish? You are now 'transphobic'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/resto...ransphobic
INTRO: The absurdity of gender ideology leads to incredible claims from pockets of establishment media. Now, according to one left-wing professor, the entire Spanish-speaking world is to be condemned as “transphobic.”
Writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, Sebastian Ferrada declared that the refusal by Latinos to use the activist creations “Latinx” or “Latine” in order to degender the word is "transphobic."
“The linguistic debate on Latinx, then, serves as a useful example to understand the transphobia prevalent in our community,” he writes. He concludes, “The insistence on rejecting the use of Latinx is a transphobic act.”
This means that essentially the entire Spanish-speaking world is transphobic. Multiple polls have shown in the U.S., where you would expect such activist-created terms would gain the most footing, just 2% of Hispanics identify as “Latinx.” In fact, 40% find the term offensive, which shouldn’t be a surprise given that it has been pushed on them by white liberals, along with demands that they change the entire structure of the Spanish language to obscure the gender of adjectives and nouns... (MORE - details)