• @[email protected]
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    1437 months ago

    Didn’t y’all read? Instead of “the French”, a more appropriate term they recommend is “people with mental illnesses”.

    /s for the humor impaired

  • Whirlygirl9
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    567 months ago

    We apologize for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible have been sacked. We apologize again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked. The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked. The credits have been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.

  • @[email protected]
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    497 months ago

    I mostly use “The French” in a dehumanising manner. Which is a good thing, because a chess opening should not be humanised.

    • @[email protected]
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      67 months ago

      The tweet is referring to saying “The [group] are xyz” instead of saying “[group] people are xyz”

      • The Picard ManeuverOP
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        87 months ago

        Both versions have the same meaning to me. Sometimes I think we change things just to feel like we’re doing something.

        • @[email protected]
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          37 months ago

          Of course it has the same meaning. The guide is about how to rephrase the same thing, not about changing what you write entirely.

            • @[email protected]
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              147 months ago

              Wording like “the poor” makes being poor an identity. While “people who are poor” identifies them as people first. It’s a subtle difference, but it has proven impact on general public perception of certain groups.

  • @Hereforpron2
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    97 months ago

    The use of “the French” in this tweet by @AP was inappropriate and should have been “the Fr*nch 🤢.”

  • @[email protected]
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    How Interpreted this:

    “Complaints have been received regarding an poorly thought out inclusion to our examples of dehumanizing terms. We apologize and will no longer consider that term dehumanizing.”

  • THCDenton
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    87 months ago

    Dude, “The French” is not the preferred nomenclature…