https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2020/10/14/merriam-websters-attack/Merriam-Webster Is Changing Definitions to Assist Democrats in Attacking Amy Coney Barrett
Posted at 12:30 pm on October 14, 2020 by Brandon Morse
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Merriam-Webster should no longer be looked at as trustworthy.
Defining words is supposed to be an impartial business to the groups we trust to keep track of the English language, but it would appear that the west’s most famous organization for keeping track of what words mean has an agenda. Wouldn’t you know it? It lines up right with the Democrats agenda.
According to National Review, Merriam-Websters had defined “preference” to include sexual orientation, but the moment Judge Amy Coney Barrett used the term during her Supreme Court hearing, the left suddenly found a reason to take offense to it despite never having had a problem with it for years, especially when the media was using it constantly.
The outrage began with MSNBC Senior Producer Kyle Griffin suddenly finding himself outraged that Barrett would use such a phrase as “sexual preference.”
"Sexual preference," a term used by Justice Barrett, is offensive and outdated. The term implies sexuality is a choice. It is not. News organizations should not repeat Justice Barrett's words without providing that important context.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 13, 2020
This started something of an angry outrage-fest among the left — redundant to say — and as National Review reported, Merriam-Webster soon jumped into action, changing up the definition in order for the outrage to have some legitimacy:
Until recently, the dictionary had defined “preference” to include reference to sexual orientation, but on Tuesday, the official definition was edited to include a note that the word’s usage in that context is “offensive.”
“The term preference as used to refer to sexual orientation is widely considered offensive in its implied suggestion that a person can choose who they are sexually or romantically attracted to,” Merriam-Webster stated in a note below the definition.
As National Review points out, this isn’t the first time Merriam-Webster acted politically:
This is not the first time Merriam-Webster has changed a politically fraught definition. In June, the dictionary announced that it would add the concept of “systemic racism” to its definition of “racism” in response to a complaint. Last year, Merriam-Webster added another definition of the pronoun “they” to reflect its use by individuals who view themselves as neither male nor female.
The left can take offense to whatever they want to, and they do with reckless abandon, but when our institutions that help define our communication with one another become politically agenda-driven, then the power needs to be taken out of their hands. Impartiality in how we define our words and phrases is far more important than we as a society understand and if one side of the aisle can control what our words and phrases mean, especially at the drop of a hat, then everyone else has already lost the war.
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https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2020/10/14/ted-cruz-logic-bomb/Ted Cruz Drops a Logic Bomb On Hirono, Booker, and the Sexuality Controversy Around ACB
Posted at 6:15 pm on October 14, 2020 by Brandon Morse
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, holds up a copy of the Mueller report as he questions Attorney General William Barr during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, on the Mueller Report. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Texas Senator Ted Cruz is likely trying to keep his eyes from rolling out of his head just like we all are when it comes to the grandstanding Democrats are doing about Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s “mistake” about there being such a thing as “sexual preference.”
The controversy started when Barrett mentioned “sexual preference,” a phrase used for years to describe which sexuality a person prefers to be in a relationship with. Without warning, this phrase was suddenly a horrible thing to say according to the left, which began accusing Barrett of being prejudiced against the LGBT community.
Marriam-Webster even legitimized the Democrat’s outrage by altering the definition of “sexual preference” to make it an offensive term.
(READ: Merriam-Webster Is Changing Definitions to Assist Democrats in Attacking Amy Coney Barrett)
Democrat Senators Mazie Hirono and Corie Booker soon began throwing out that sexual orientation was something you just couldn’t change in an effort to make ACB seem not with the times.
Cruz, however, couldn’t help but see the crack in the left’s logic and sent out a tweet to put them in the position of having to answer for some concepts they’d previously established themselves. Concepts that run contrary to what they’re attempting to push on Barrett now.
“Very odd,” tweeted Cruz. “Both Hirono & Booker asserted sexual orientation is “immutable.” Webster’s defines as “not capable of or susceptible to change.” I wasn’t aware the Left insisted sexuality can never change over the course of one’s life. While insisting gender can change continuously.”
Very odd. Both Hirono & Booker asserted sexual orientation is “immutable.”
Webster’s defines as “not capable of or susceptible to change.”
I wasn’t aware the Left insisted sexuality can never change over the course of one’s life.
While insisting gender can change continuously.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 13, 2020
We’ve been told that “gender” is a fluid concept that can change from one day to the next. Is the left now telling us that sexuality can’t? When it comes to who you’re attracted to, you’re locked into that forever?
According to the left’s own wailing and gnashing of teeth, sex and sexuality should be a free-roam kind of thing. Whoever or whatever you do in your sexual preference is up to you. Now, they’re saying that it follows strict rules that can’t be broken.
The left should answer Cruz’s question because at this point it seems that Barrett’s usage of the phrase “sexual preference” was correct according to the rules previously established by the left itself.
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