Imagine if Obama had said "Whoever HE may be" when talkin' about the nominee.
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Tue May-20-08 07:30 PM
Imagine if Obama had said "Whoever HE may be" when talkin' about the nominee.
Yeah, Gerry Ferraro would be on every television screen screaming SEXISM.
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Tue May-20-08 07:31 PMOriginal message
1. And people wonder why Obama takes his time when he speaks.
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Tue May-20-08 07:41 PMReply #1
5. "Whoever he or SHE may be"...that would've been a good line.
And still would have received a large applause.
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Tue May-20-08 07:32 PMOriginal message
2. Hillary saying "whoever SHE may be" about the nominee
seemed sexist as hell to me. Just say "they". That is what feminism is about, right? Gender-neutrality?
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Tue May-20-08 07:37 PMReply #2
4. "they" would be grammatically incorrect however
because of a silly rule about singular nouns and plural pronouns. And it's one of those grammar points that drives me crazy.
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Tue May-20-08 07:44 PMReply #4
7. There's no need for any anaphoric mechanism there anyway, so who cares?
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Tue May-20-08 07:46 PMReply #4
8. I was told, in a long ago English class, that "they" was perfectly okay until the mid 19th century
When some butthead grammarian imposed the universal "he" pronoun.
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Tue May-20-08 07:52 PMReply #8
11. "he," "she," or "he or she" is correct
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Tue May-20-08 07:55 PMReply #11
12. Too often "he" is the default.
It's a subtle reinforcement of the idea that males are the default humans and females are the deviants.
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Tue May-20-08 07:33 PMOriginal message
3. And Bill loved that didn't he?
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Tue May-20-08 07:42 PMOriginal message
6. That's sexist! He's racist too! And it's not even in a big state!!
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Tue May-20-08 07:47 PMOriginal message
9. HE-gate. That's what it'd be. n/t
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Tue May-20-08 07:48 PMOriginal message
10. No, Obama Says, "When I Am President"
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Tue May-20-08 07:56 PMReply #10
13. Yeah but the two aren't comparable
All politicians use the 'When I'am president/senator/governor/mayor I'll do this and this' to describe their platform. Its common and widely accepted political speech. To say that she'll keep going until there is a nominee whomever she may be, in the same speech where she is saying the party must unite is quite specifically saying 'my way or the highway'. Don't exuse her, because you know the two aren't the same.
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