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It ain't all men out there
by kingkawn 5y ago
It ain't all men out there
- tartoran 5y agoMen also means people, humans
- kingkawn 5y agoTo men.
- tartoran 5y agoI see your point and how the language has been masculinized but the meaning still stands as of now.. until the next changes take place. Language is evolving and these will inevitably change as well at some point.
- kingkawn 5y agoYou’re talking about it like it’s far away. Yet here I am saying this is an out of date convention and everyone gets their hackles up as if it is such a horrific inconvenience to include others in their ideas. The change has already arrived, only some stragglers angrily clinging to the old way.
- mc32 5y agoIt’s a quote. One doesn’t typically alter a quote unless it’s unintelligible if not altered in some way.
- kingkawn 5y agoYou can quote whatever you like however you like, but it ain't all men out there. Relying on such worldviews to understand the world leaves you with a truncated world.
- mc32 5y agoAs the other poster pointed out the word men has multiple meaning which depend on context. The meaning is clear to me and no need to modify it. Next time you quote it you can make your own changes.
- kingkawn 5y agoThe idea that ‘men’ is a universal stand-in for people is no different than saying White is the universal stand-in for people.
- mc32 5y agoNope. White has never had that meaning at all. Please look into the etymology of a word before making whimsical arguments. You’ll have an awful time with Chinese where words have many different meanings depending on context.
- kingkawn 5y agoI didn’t say it did have that, I said it is the same as doing that. Hilarious to accuse me of whimsical arguments while you morph me into the straw man you need to be right.