[WASHINGTONTIMES] Greeting customers as "Mr." or "Mrs." could be costly for New York City businesses under Mayor Bill de Blasio. Blatant violation of the First Amendment. It will never stand.
The Gotham mayor’s Commission on Human Rights says businesses that fail to address customers by their preferred gender pronouns are in violation of the law and could be subject to penalties.
The Commission issued a "legal enforcement guidance" for the New York City Human Rights Law, which apparently "requires employers and converted entities to use an individual’s preferred name, pronoun and title (e.g., Ms./Mrs.) regardless of the individual’s sex assigned at birth, anatomy, gender, medical history, appearance, or the sex indicated on the individual’s identification."
The guidance also notes that some people prefer non-gender-binary pronouns, including "they/them/theirs or ze/hir." I've spoken the English language almost since infancy. I happen to know there ain't no such words. English is one of the languages that has masculine and feminine forms, has had them since proto-Indo European. Perhaps we should change language groups to please the sensitive?
It lists several examples of violations that could result in fines, including the "Intentional and repeated refusal to use an individual’s preferred name, pronoun or title."
"For example, repeatedly calling a transgender woman ’him’ or ’Mr.’ after she has made clear which pronouns and title she uses," the guidance says.
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The Pronoun Police. Pathetic. If only this was in The Onion.
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I have an idea - we could require NYC residents to print a name tag and preferred gender pronoun on their lapels before they walk into a business. Say, on a bright yellow star so it sticks out and nobody misses it...
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"assigned" at birth? How about proven at birth. That Y chromosome isn't changeable, no matter how you want to argue with it. Cold hard fact. "Assigning" it "Female" is about as realistic "assigning" the status of alive to a stone.
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"'Hey 'mister sister' welcome to Starbucks. I noticed you had a penis when you lifted your skirt and squated on the sidewalk on 5th avenue. How would you like me to refer to you?"
"First Lady would be fine, And I'll have a tall medium roast with a double shot of stupidity"
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"'Hey 'mister sister' welcome to Starbucks. I noticed you had a penis when you lifted your skirt and squated on the sidewalk on 5th avenue. How would you like me to refer to you?"
[Daily Caller] "Will he have some appeal to working-class Dems in Levittown or Bristol? Sure," said Ed Rendell, the former Pennsylvania governor and Philadelphia mayor, in a story by the mustachioed Dave Weigel in The Washington Post. "For every one he’ll lose 1½ , two Republican women. Trump’s comments like ’You can’t be a 10 if you’re flat-chested,’ that’ll come back to haunt him. There are probably more ugly women in America than attractive women. People take that stuff personally."
Rendell is a surrogate for Hillary Clinton, although in April he warned her to "tone down the rhetoric" against Bernie Sanders, whose hair could stand to be combed. Rendell’s advice is rich, considering what he told WaPo. Hey Ed, book a different airline.
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WAAAAY back when, a little publication called Playboy ran an issue called Women in Uniform with females from the services. The GOs were not impressed. There was disciplinary actions with Article 15s, reprimands, and a discharge IIRC, except the one from the Marine Corps. When the Commandant was asked why no action, he replied to the effect that it was an isolated incident and didn't expect a repeat, saying that he was glad that there wasn't a publication named Ugly.
[Tampa Bay Times] You could say that it all depends on how you define "lie." Or, perhaps, that it's hell to have a public record.
Either way, Hillary Clinton's vast resume of, shall we say, inconsistencies, is the dog that caught the car and won't let go. A viral video collection of her comments on various subjects through the years is bestirring Republican hearts.
To those who'd rather vote for a reality show host than a Clinton, the video merely confirms what they've believed all along. For independents and even Democrats, it's a reminder of how often Clinton has morphed into a fresh incarnation as required by the political moment.
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B, nobody who is a Hillary supporter cares. She could promise to kill ten third graders a week for her entire term in office and they'd still vote for her. They have no morals in voting beyond supporting whomever will help them out financially the most.
People like that aren't voting for president like you or I do. We are trying to hire someone to do the very few things government should do, do them well, protect our rights, have a military strong enough to deal with foreign threats, and secure our borders.
People who are voting for Hillary are voting for a mercenary who will defend their government paycheck, or will give indulgences from the regulatory leviathan in exchange for campaign donations.
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[Daily Caller] "Will he have some appeal to working-class Dems in Levittown or Bristol? Sure," said Ed Rendell, the former Pennsylvania governor and Philadelphia mayor, in a story by the mustachioed Dave Weigel in The Washington Post. "For every one he’ll lose 1½ , two Republican women. Trump’s comments like ’You can’t be a 10 if you’re flat-chested,’ that’ll come back to haunt him. There are probably more ugly women in America than attractive women. People take that stuff personally."
[Tampa Bay Times] You could say that it all depends on how you define "lie." Or, perhaps, that it's hell to have a public record.
