Without discouraging speech of any kind, I'd like to suggest that the prior statement was of the form "axe to grind" or "mild trolling".
s. On Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 1:45 PM Dan Schmidt <d...@dfan.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 1:41 PM, Mario Xerxes Castelán Castro < > marioxcc...@yandex.com> wrote: > > Why the misandry? In English, “he” serves for both neutral and male >> gender, but “she” always excludes men. >> > > Standards change. I could give examples of constructions that used to be > considered polite but are no longer, but by definition they wouldn't be > polite... > > I'm not going to get into an argument about usage (and I hope no one else > here is either, as that is not the subject of this mailing list), so this > will be my only reply on the subject, but here is one starting point if you > are interested in the topic, as you seem to be: > https://www.apaonline.org/page/nonsexist (the American Philosophical > Association's "Guidelines for Non-Sexist Use Of Language"). Searching for > "gender-fair language" on the internet will turn up plenty of other > resources. > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@computer-go.org > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
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