tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post165382109096331317..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Does Trump's Ed OCR Mandate "Preferred Pronoun" Use?Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-14290940650626296712017-06-27T20:43:58.245-04:002017-06-27T20:43:58.245-04:00S,
I think I read that very differently than you d...S,<br />I think I read that very differently than you do. I'm too lazy to do this correctly right now, but here's how I read the relevant passage, roughly and in brief:<br /><br />If you use nicknames for ordinary students, then you must use the "preferred pronouns" of "transgendered" students; failure to do so *constitutes* gender harassment. <br /><br />I agree that Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-56995545274106473522017-06-26T21:55:24.325-04:002017-06-26T21:55:24.325-04:00The OCR letter seems to me much hope milder than i...The OCR letter seems to me much hope milder than it appears to read to you. <br /><br />Here's the relevant part:<br /><br />"failure to assess whether sexual harassment (i.e., unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature) or gender-based harassment (i.e., based on sex stereotyping, such as acts of verbal, nonverbal, or physical aggression, intimidation, or hostility based Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16171171717733522353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-8280087092741563292017-06-23T11:46:38.606-04:002017-06-23T11:46:38.606-04:00On the bright side, it recently occurred to me tha...On the bright side, it recently occurred to me that this might all just slowly adjust itself back toward sanity. <br /><br />Back in the paleo-PC days, the PCs insisted that everyone *must* say'African-American,' and no one could *ever* say 'black.' (This is one of the many things I am astonished that people have forgotten about paleo-PC.) 'Black' was the new 'colored&Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-74722884693721051192017-06-23T11:35:34.854-04:002017-06-23T11:35:34.854-04:00"It *does* seem that the right won't stan..."It *does* seem that the right won't stand for dictating non-standard pronoun usage...but I'm kinda inclined to think that the right is no longer capable of winning *any* battles in the culture war."<br /><br />I agree. And I think a lot of conservative pols would do anything not to have to discuss LGBT issues. Which is cowardly of them, because it is clearly off the rails Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-10332538377181407252017-06-23T10:55:41.283-04:002017-06-23T10:55:41.283-04:00Yeah, despite the left just assigning to Trump the...Yeah, despite the left just assigning to Trump their usual laundry-list of 'ism's and 'phobia's, they don't actually seem to apply to Trump. He said that he didn't care about the bathroom stuff.<br /><br />It *does* seem that the right won't stand for dictating non-standard pronoun usage...but I'm kinda inclined to think that the right is no longer capable of Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-63259865555825951532017-06-23T10:34:53.705-04:002017-06-23T10:34:53.705-04:00Another thing, Trump is actually pretty pro-LGBT. ...Another thing, Trump is actually pretty pro-LGBT. It's entirely possible he doesn't see anything wrong here, which could get awkward because his base definitely will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-645261653664980162017-06-23T10:11:40.301-04:002017-06-23T10:11:40.301-04:00Also in the article, from Obama's OCR:
"...Also in the article, from Obama's OCR:<br /><br />"Catherine Lhamon, who wrote Obama’s transgender rules, says the new letter is “dangerous” for transgender students because it provides language for officers to dismiss cases before they even investigate them. “It says you have jurisdiction over sex discrimination and sex stereotyping, but here’s how you could dismiss it,” she said. “TheyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com