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Debate on school pronoun policy scheduled to begin in Sask. legislature Tuesday (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by grte to c/canadapolitics

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

school pronoun policy

Too long have the youth of this nation suffered in the anarchy that results from everyone being free to use whichever pronouns they feel are appropriate. it's about time we came to our senses and started some serious regulation of this chaotic language. But all the talk seems to be about pronouns, and nobody is even considering the kind of strict regulations we need for the even more dangerous grammatical menace: Adverbs. People are going about using them freely, without concern for decency. It's liberalism gone mad! Won't someone stop to think carefully about the children?

[–] ImplyingImplications 8 points 1 year ago

I think the government regulating how people speak is double-plus ungood.

[+] Rocket 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh in that case then why is it not falling to what the experts say? Namely both Canadian and UN as well as specialist organizations on psychology all agree it’s a normal form of human expression.

And even if it wasn’t. If parents were disproportionately likely to disown or abuse children upon learning they have an anxiety disorder then it’s reasonable to stop disclosure to parents against the child’s will as that disclosure would have potential harm.

[+] Rocket -6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] jadero 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would guess that it was for the same reason that you "wasted" your excellent points regarding mental illness. To participate in the discussion, to raise issues that are perhaps not properly considered or analyzed, and to get the ideas out there for use by others. Isn't that why we're all here, to learn, teach, discuss, share?

[+] Rocket -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] jadero 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would say that your comments were not wasted. Maybe I'm the only person who had never heard it framed as a battle over what can legitimately be called a mental illness, but at least one person has new insight into the issue.

[–] MaxHardwood 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because describing it that way is a dog whistle. As another has pointed out, if it was really about mental illness why does an untrained/non-medical parent have any input on the policy?

[–] jadero 0 points 1 year ago

Not everything is a dog whistle and not every policy input needs to be restricted to those with specific expertise. I have no mental health training, so I shouldn't be making frontline decisions, but that doesn't change the fact that I want appropriate expertise in place. If that is not policy input, what is it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

God I fucking hate this province

[–] Paragone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All this screaming about "rights" of parents to obliterate-the-validity of children, and obliterate children's-rights...

LET THE CHILDREN VOTE/DECIDE THE ISSUE, NOT US "GROWN-UPS".

It is THEIR prison/containment, that THEIR lives are stuck in:

THEY, ALONE, have moral-ground to be deciding their right to their gender-identity.

THEY are valid, therefore their self-determination must have rights.

Why can't any of the ideology-worshippers stomach this fact??

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You mean... Let actual experts decide (they also happen to align with what most children want, funny that).

We don't let children chose the curriculum for anything else, this subject shouldn't be an exception. The problem is parents and politicians putting their nose in something they don't understand.