r/politics • u/Antinatalista Foreign • Dec 13 '17

Black voters just saved America from Roy Moore

https://thinkprogress.org/back-vote-alabama-jones-8da18c1d8d7a/
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u/bongggblue New York Dec 13 '17

Did you move from Texas or move from the male gender?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

Well their flair still says Texas, so if I had to guess it would be the latter.

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u/YankmeDoodles Dec 13 '17

No you see, the gender moved him

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

it maled him away

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u/nizzbot Dec 14 '17

They moved the gender. We're ally women now

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u/AxelNotRose Dec 13 '17 edited Dec 13 '17

The way I read her sentence, she moved from the male gender. Otherwise she would have written "white male former-Texan".

Edit: Removed all instances of the male gender upon confirmation of my assumption.

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u/hirst Louisiana Dec 13 '17

when you're unsure of what pronoun to use, they suffices as it can be both singular and plural.

"the way i read their sentence, they moved from the male gender."

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u/AxelNotRose Dec 13 '17

Good suggestion. Should have thought of that. Thanks.

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u/plomerosKTBFFH Dec 13 '17

We actually added a new word for this in Swedish a few years ago, a mix between Han (him) and Hon (her) into Hen. Needless to say even here people got triggered by it. To me it's just convenient in certain situations.

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u/Drpained Texas Dec 13 '17

Correct

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u/Naggins Dec 13 '17

It's just she.

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u/Fehinaction Dec 13 '17

The hyphen implies the male part is no longer true but who knows really

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u/Drpained Texas Dec 13 '17

Yes, that.

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u/Duke_of_Moral_Hazard Illinois Dec 13 '17 edited Dec 13 '17

In 20 years, everyone will have known what you meant right away. Thanks for being a pioneer! We probably don't deserve you.

Edit: bonus Captain Holt

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u/Leleek Dec 13 '17

You go girl! If you don't mind me asking, do you know how you are counted in voting statistics?

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u/Drpained Texas Dec 13 '17

Still male on my license, sadly. It's going to be a slow process because I'm a student with a part-time job. But once I'm out of school and employed with insurance, I'm probably getting out of here to a place that's more accepting anyways

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u/Fehinaction Dec 14 '17

My friend has this with their health card where they need it to say female still to qualify for certain surgeries/treatments. It is annoying that you have to do everything so carefully to not get screwed. Best of luck!

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u/arolloftide Alabama Dec 13 '17

I think he moved from Texas to the male gender.

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u/jack3017 Dec 13 '17

Valid question, but just a quick correction. Male is not a gender, it’s biological, man/boy/etc is the gender you’re thinking of and is the collection of values and stuff our society has pinned to the male sex for a variety of reasons.

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u/bongggblue New York Dec 13 '17

Yeah I'm not sure of the proper term, I was just curious if it was a male that moved from Texas or a Texan that moved from male. I was high, but as someone implied by the flair, it was most likely the latter, and that's cool.