tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35240946.post3906073155677336143..comments2023-03-23T08:01:31.054-04:00Comments on the voice of humility: Say what? David GelernterRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08960651924212712003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35240946.post-25556986506657269082008-03-04T10:39:00.000-05:002008-03-04T10:39:00.000-05:00Mr. Pullum makes some good points. However, he pu...Mr. Pullum makes some good points. However, he puts his ideology on display by accusing Mr. G. of hating women.<BR/><BR/>"The danger when encountering a misogynist prescriptive grammar rant"<BR/><BR/>Bad form for someone who later writes, <BR/><BR/>"I'd like to assume that intellectual content can speak for itself rather than having to be diagnosed ad hominem as a symptom of broader personal character"<BR/><BR/>Fair points about Austen and Shakespeare. I doubt, however, that the people who in these latter days started using what Mr. G. protests, actually went back and said, hmmm, Bill and Jane did this. The thought control aspect of it, is what should be objected to. I read about an author whose woman editor would correct his writing by changing "he" without discussing it. Of course, tolerance means you accommodate me, not I tolerate you.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the day, free speech means you get to write (s)he and if I say "mankind," you don't shout me down.<BR/><BR/>Also, you don't scream Speech Crime when someone says "Colored People" instead of "People of Color."<BR/><BR/>Of course, "As he shaves or blow-dries his hair or pulls on his panty hose" is a straw man. I don't think Mr. G. would object to "her panty hose" though some in the drag community might object that this was heteronorming.<BR/><BR/>For another fascist use of language see, <A HREF="http://tvoh.blogspot.com/2008/02/choose-obfuscation.html" REL="nofollow">Choose Obfuscation</A>Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960651924212712003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35240946.post-16494852447268878502008-03-03T23:56:00.000-05:002008-03-03T23:56:00.000-05:00A "good job"? Has your need to resist "ideology" c...A "good job"? Has your need to resist "ideology" clouded your judgement?<BR/><BR/>David Gelernter's article is a load of alarmist nonsense. Geoffery K. Pullum at the linguistics blog <A HREF="http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/" REL="nofollow">Language Log</A> <A HREF="http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005423.html" REL="nofollow">tore it to shreds</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com