Wall Street Journal - Don't answer re Pronouns

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There was an independent study of US media done a few years ago that showed that the WSJ’s news coverage was actually left of centre - and further left than some other outlets that traditionally identify themselves as liberal.
The edit pages are a different matter, with no crossover between the opinion and news writers. Opinion is generally right-wing and occasionally quite rabid. So this is a surprisingly sensible piece!

I heart that cat.

The answer is always I and me. We at a push.

Is there a way of saving a link to this thread? I want to be able to link back to it when my workplace introduces pronoun woo - I feel it won't be long.

[quote timeisnotaline]**@mirax* @DomesticatedZombie* I thought it was centrist in my student days when I lived there but I’d say it’s clearly right leaning now. Cancelling my subscription is on my to do list. Their Mother’s Day article/opinion last year explained that if you felt ‘mum guilt’ for going back to work that was because you should, your subconscious knows you should be home with young children bringing them up. A business newspaper, telling mums on Mother’s Day to get back into the kitchen and home.[/quote]
I was fully aware of the WSJ's bias and subbed for its Wuhan and China coverage in 2020 which was pretty good. The forums drove me mad. I was only interested in the international news but no matter the topic, it descended into partisan and very parochial mudslingling. Americans are insular and not particularly curious about the world. I could only take about a year of it. The NYT and Wapo are worse imo.

@mirax @DomesticatedZombie I thought it was centrist in my student days when I lived there but I’d say it’s clearly right leaning now. Cancelling my subscription is on my to do list. Their Mother’s Day article/opinion last year explained that if you felt ‘mum guilt’ for going back to work that was because you should, your subconscious knows you should be home with young children bringing them up. A business newspaper, telling mums on Mother’s Day to get back into the kitchen and home.

That article nails it.

It is all about the stereotypes. And yes, the horror of deciding that you need to change your body to fit them.

What is a share token please? My sub to the WSJ has ceased but if you use the mozilla firefox browser, you can use an addon that bypasses many paywalls. I dont feel too guilty about using this as there are only so many news subs I can afford and with substacks of canceled people to support too, it is too much.

I can do a cut/paste of the article but this site may not like it.

Here’s the cat www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjy_viEhZz2AhXBIEQIHWXBBvIQtwJ6BAgEEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-J2ZkiC_HGk&usg=AOvVaw09m1GH9GV4J_EDDfiRXYoV

We need the video of the woman getting slapped by her cat, after she announces her pronouns. That cat was all of us!

Wow, great piece. My fave line:

The effort to resist gender ideology is reality’s last stand.

Here, here.

WSJ - left leaning? Widely read?

Fantastic.

Also enjoying the comments.

Including:

'What gender is Iron Man?

Fe Male'

Outstanding article!

Coercing people into publicly stating their pronouns in the name of “inclusion” is a Trojan horse that empowers gender ideology and expands its reach. It is the thin end of the gender activists’ wedge designed to normalize their worldview. Participating in pronoun rituals makes you complicit in gender ideology’s regressive belief system, thereby legitimizing it. Far from an innocuous act signaling support for inclusion, it serves as an implicit endorsement of gender ideology and all of its radical tenets

I'm tempted to ask "why on earth would you be planning to talk about me behind my back? We've only just met"

If someone asks for your pronouns just say that you are offended that it appears that the questioner can't work out what sex you are.

Curious that this article omits the issue, so dear to Americans, of freedom of speech and conscience.

Could requiring pronouns even be unconstitutional?

From Wikipedia:
The first amendment to the US Constitution states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The two parts, known as the "establishment clause" and the "free exercise clause"...Three central concepts were derived from the 1st Amendment which became America's doctrine for church-state separation: no coercion in religious matters, no expectation to support a religion against one's will, and religious liberty encompasses all religions. In sum, citizens are free to embrace or reject a faith, and support for religion - financial or physical - must be voluntary, and all religions are equal in the eyes of the law with no special preference or favoritism.

If I was asked I'd just say Fuck and Off. With slightly raised eyebrow.

I’ve been asked this recently. I said ‘I and me’ and stared. It was a blue haired friend of DDs though, not a professional in a work setting.

Here's an archive link for the paywalled: archive.fo/42b3J