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“The” Is Harmful And Offensive

Posted on 1/27/23 at 4:50 pm
Posted by LuckyTiger
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Posted on 1/27/23 at 4:50 pm






Posted by timdonaghyswhistle
Member since Jul 2018
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Posted on 1/27/23 at 4:51 pm to
Note that they avoided using "the stupid" as an example.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
40237 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 4:52 pm to
This is the truth.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
68215 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 4:54 pm to
So just remove the articles "a, an, the" then?

Poor, mentally ill, disabled, French, college-educated. I think I can manage that.
Posted by L1C4
The Ville
Member since Aug 2017
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Posted on 1/27/23 at 4:54 pm to
The Associated Press says not to use the.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
30523 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 4:56 pm to
I don't understand. I guess they're saying it's not the word the that is harmful but qualifiers that use the? Frickin weird either way
Posted by Landmass
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Posted on 1/27/23 at 4:59 pm to
Posted by EKG
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2010
44996 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:02 pm to
How about les titty bébés?
Posted by VolcanicTiger
Member since Apr 2022
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Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:04 pm to
quote:

The Associated Press says not to use the.
Its like the NAACP telling us not to say "colored."
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
70433 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:04 pm to
THE Associated Press?
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
59506 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:07 pm to
Fascist playbook page 1, capture language and weaponize it.
Posted by DisplacedBuckeye
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Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:09 pm to
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
69716 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:10 pm to
quote:

. I think I can manage that.




HELL NO

give them an inch, they take THE mile
Posted by bird35
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
13114 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:13 pm to
Shut THE frick up.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70446 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:19 pm to
I have no problem with the style element; "the" is lazy in context, but calling it "dehumanizing" is retarded, even to the retards.

AP style used to be about how to communicate information in the most succinct way, over wire and in newspapers where page space is valuable real estate. Also for consistency across its organization.

AP style isn't about that anymore, apparently.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
35976 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:20 pm to
The hell it is.
Posted by tigerlion
Member since Jul 2009
1747 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:23 pm to
Awwww sh$t so we’re no longer obligated to trust THE science? What science will I trust?
Posted by Strannix
President Trump's America
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:24 pm to
quote:

Fascist playbook page 1, capture language and weaponize it.


The Fascists fought these people for us, they are International Bolshevists.
Posted by Hooligan's Ghost
Member since Jul 2013
5673 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:26 pm to
We, "The" People
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
68215 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:29 pm to
quote:

THE mile


While your post was offensive, I find that I nevertheless must agree.
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