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Let women speak – then again, maybe not

The New Neo Posted on July 18, 2023 by neoJuly 18, 2023

[Hat tip: commenter “Bob Wilson.”) Here’s a good example of the workings of the hierarchy of victimhood in the Woke world: Eventbrite is facing blowback for taking down an event page for women advocating on behalf of single-sex spaces on … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Men and women; marriage and divorce and sex, Violence | Tagged transgender | 20 Replies

“Cis”: the worm turns on Twitter

The New Neo Posted on June 21, 2023 by neoJune 21, 2023

“Cis” is one of those insidious politically-motivated language changes of which the left is so fond. “Cis man” and “cis woman” supposedly mean what was formerly covered by the terms “man” and “woman.” Musk has announced a new Twitter policy … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Men and women; marriage and divorce and sex, Therapy | Tagged Elon Musk, Twitter | 16 Replies

Twitter and censorship: “What Is a Woman?”

The New Neo Posted on June 2, 2023 by neoJune 2, 2023

There’s been a recent brouhaha on Twitter about perhaps not showing “What Is a Woman?” because a few speakers in the Matt Walsh documentary “misgender” some trans people (I’ve seen the film and it’s very good, by the way). Ace … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Liberty, Men and women; marriage and divorce and sex | Tagged Elon Musk, Twitter | 19 Replies

The Humpty Dumpty left uses “ban” to mean whatever they say it does

The New Neo Posted on May 27, 2023 by neoMay 27, 2023

And that meaning is 100% determined by politics. Used to be that just about everyone understood that little kids didn’t have free access in their school libraries to everything ever published. Nor was every book in the world on their … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Liberty | 24 Replies

Psst: if you’re pregnant, you’re a woman

The New Neo Posted on May 19, 2023 by neoMay 19, 2023

Note the language in this article [emphasis mine]: According to a small study, pregnant people using any form of cannabis should consider stopping due to potential harm to the fetus… The study used data from the medical records of 109 … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Language and grammar, Men and women; marriage and divorce and sex | Tagged transgender | 36 Replies

‘Disinformation” and the search for truth: more Twitter files

The New Neo Posted on April 26, 2023 by neoApril 26, 2023

I was about twelve years old when I first read Orwell’s masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. It scared me more than anything I’d ever read. Did I understand every single bit of it? No, but I understood a surprising amount. And it … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, Language and grammar, Literature and writing, Politics | Tagged Twitter | 27 Replies

Words the FBI considers red flags for domestic terrorism

The New Neo Posted on April 10, 2023 by neoApril 10, 2023

Using terms like “looksmaxxing”, “Chad”, and “Stacy” will get you on an @FBI list for "Involuntary Celibate Violent Extremism." pic.twitter.com/VoIegyoUby — Oversight Project (@OversightPR) April 3, 2023 You know what surprises me? That the Freedom of Information Act is still … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Law, Liberty | Tagged FBI | 16 Replies

CBS: don’t say trans

The New Neo Posted on March 31, 2023 by neoMarch 31, 2023

CBS issues a directive about coverage of the Nashville shooter: Top executives at CBS News have banned staffers from using the word “transgender” when reporting on the Nashville shooter — despite the fact that police have said Audrey Hale was … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Men and women; marriage and divorce and sex, Press | Tagged transgender | 36 Replies

Talking on the phone: what is it with people these days?

The New Neo Posted on March 13, 2023 by neoMarch 13, 2023

I continue to have somewhat surreal experiences with people who answer the phones these days. And I’m not talking about people who live in Bangladesh or wherever many seem to reside, I’m talking about right here in this country. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Language and grammar, Me, myself, and I | 77 Replies

Chatbots Gone Wild – haven’t we already seen a movie about this?

The New Neo Posted on February 18, 2023 by neoFebruary 18, 2023

Or maybe several movies? It’s not very reassuring: In a blog post Wednesday night, Bing said it was working to fix the confusing answers and aggressive tone exhibited by the bot, after tech outlets exposed that the bot gaslights and … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, Language and grammar, Science | Tagged artificial intelligence | 33 Replies

On free speech: from Robert Reich, Yale Law School graduate

The New Neo Posted on December 17, 2022 by neoDecember 17, 2022

And he graduated from law school a long long time before wokery took over. And yet, he writes this: Elon Musk and his enablers have turned this website into a torrent of ad hominem attacks, lies floated as jokes, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Liberty, People of interest | Tagged Twitter | 30 Replies

Why doxxing is different

The New Neo Posted on December 16, 2022 by neoDecember 16, 2022

The special nature of doxxing is not that hard a concept to comprehend. But the same people who shriek “Words are violence!” when the subject matter is “mere words,” and who demand “safety” from the expression of thoughts they don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Language and grammar, Liberty, Violence | Tagged Twitter | 12 Replies

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