🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@Pantangelini I dont keep archives of videos of people claiming it isnt made up..I do remember just recently seeing someone on the fediverse saying exactly that, that it was made up and also point out so was everything else in language... which is true.

@Pantangelini

> So the "52 gender crowd" which is all democrats and the democrats, who call Latinos Latinx, are less confused about linguistic gender...

Absolutely yes.. Because they dont pretend these 52 genders have always been around. They will admit quite readily they are a new invention, but is perfectly in line with the use of genders in a few other languages (there are 13 languages today that I know of with more than 2 genders)... They also recognize languages can change, and while I dont personally like this change, and it isnt part of "standard" english yet.. yes, it is perfectly within the use of linguistic gender based on its usage around the world. Yup, it is far more informed about how linguistic gender works than people who dont even know such a thing exists and instead pretend it is somehow the same thing as biological gender, which it is not.

@Pantangelini

Republicans literally invoke imaginary people int he sky as the only argumentative point for most of them when they discuss abortion... while there is a valid argument about restricting abortion republicans rarely if ever have the wherewithal to invoke it.

@Pantangelini

> gender is the bell curve of stereotypes of biological sex.

That is biological gender, not linguistic gender. The fact that even after I pointed out we were talking about linguistic gender you immediately tried to define it like biological gender shows you are uninformed about the topic.

BTW linguistic gender existed before the concept of biological gender.

As to whether they use linguistic gender in a way I like is another matter. I am fine with someone having a different linguistic gender than their biological sex, that has been the norm in languages for a very long time. Though I am not a fan of the "there are 52 genders" crowd.. while there are languages that have many genders, it is not something that is normal in english and not something I see being particularly useful.

@Pantangelini

I dont usually see republicans or democrats understanding abortion too well. Most republicans are completely against it taking it to one extreme, largely citing religious basis. Democrats go to the other extreme being ok with no limits of any kind on abortion. Both seem pretty ignorant on that particular topic.

@Pantangelini Actually most models historically that predicted climate change has been remarkably accurate (see attached image).

I think you mean they dont understand **sex**? Seems Sex is something they sometimes struggle with, whereas linguistic gender is something republicans seem to get really confused about (often not even understanding the difference between linguistic gender and sex).

@Pantangelini

Right and I would say if you think that is exclusively a democrat thing, your wrong, and you did a poor job at conveying it at first but you are conveying your opinion more clearly now at least.

@Pantangelini

Yes its obvious that is what you are arguing **now**.. and no, sadly that doesnt seem in line with reality.

There are topics each group are horribly misinformed on (Democrats: guns, economics, etc.. Republicans: climate change, STEM, etc) then there are topics which, at best they arent complete morons but are far from well-informed experts (Democrats: climate change, Republicans: guns).

As for aggression, democrats seem to be more rioty and aggressive as groups, republicans are more the type to be violent as individuals(such as the guy who mowed through a crowd).

No I have no issue with their religious lean, I mostly respect it as long as it doesnt cause them to be biggoted.

@Pantangelini

Ok.... which has nothing to do with what you continued to argue a m,oment ago, which was that the democrats were uninformed. stated this several times times... weird, wonder why I wasnt able to read your mind...

So what you meant when you kept saying "Why is it so hard to accept there are no topics that democrats are actually informed on." was actually "Hey im offended you pointed out that republicans are idiots cause im one of them!", gotcha!

I dont really care if your a republican or democrat, but at least say what you mean, not something completely unrelated then act surprised you confused people.

@Pantangelini

You a little off or something? At no point did I say democrats were informed on anything, I said the opposite, that, like the republicans, they are rarely informed. In fact that was what the whole point of the original post.

You are literally arguing against something no one disagreed with you on...

@Pantangelini

Neither the republicans or democrats are particularly informed about too much sadly... I mean most people just arent that bright.

@Pantangelini same for republicans.. the only difference between the two is which topics they choose to be uninformed and aggressive about.

@JonKramer Happy to help! :)

Just a reminder, the Democrats, who have largely exclusively pushed for gun laws, have given us the following mess:

Guns must cause ear damage -- devices which lower the sound to just below the threshold of causing ear damage are illegal.

Guns with barrels less than 16" must be designed in a way that they are extra hard to aim, making it a much higher risk that you will shoot someone accidentally... Only guns longer than 16" can be easy to aim.

Yet somehow people are baffled when I say the democrats have largely done more harm to the topic of gun control than good... every time they propose or pass a law it is complete nonsensical, largely because they dont even bother to under the very thing they want to legislate.

#2A #gun #Guns

@skobkin if they are lead-acid batteries they should handle it fairly well... if you hook them together (series or parallel) they should remain balanced..

that said just short one of your outlets, lol. The worst that could happen is you burn your house down :)

"No prize is worth obtaining if you cant share it, there would be no point" -- Stargate SG-1

#quote #Quotes

@skobkin just use it to short a 12V car battery and it will go up pretty fast.