Democratic (Party) Direction

Like, she's not a rich kid, her mom scrubbed toilets, she bartended to make extra money, her dad died before his time, her home was nearly foreclosed IIRC, who the fuck cares what zip code she lived in.

man, the flopsweat in the oppo research against AOC is really apparent

https://pagesix.com/2018/07/01/ex-co-worker-no-fan-of-democrat-darling-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/

if there is nothing in AOC's background to smear her with, then the fine political operatives of the GOP will just make shit up and spread it anonymously. if the bait is well chosen then someone else will pick it up and run with it and do their work for them, covering their tracks.

that doesn't work on socialists; they're too popular

Pierce:

So far, Ocasio-Cortez has shown no signs of the syndrome, which seems to be isolated to some of her more fervent supporters, and, most virulently, to some of her fans elsewhere in the country. Being a freshman member of the House of Representatives is the furthest thing from being a colossus. It’s a terribly frustrating learning experience. Worse, if you’re really going to work for your constituents, you’re going to have to cut deals with members of your own party with whom you have little or nothing in common, some of whom were probably best pals with the guy you beat. Then, you have to make your acolytes realize that this is the only way you can properly do your job. From what I’ve seen, this woman is going to be more than up to the job. Don’t push her. Let the colossus develop in its own good time.

lol that guy

xps - For a really successful example of making shit up, look at how they spun Elizabeth Warren's mentioning her native American family connection on some form she filled out, into the claim that she straight out lied, so that she was hired as an affirmative action move on false pretenses, no doubt cutting out some highly deserving white man, then pinning the nickname Pocahontas on her. All this is now widely believed and repeated and will follow her permanently no matter how often it is refuted.

I hear she stomps on kittens. Pass it on.

how do you say "latinx"?

so that it rhymes with "Professor X."

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0993/9646/products/B00EMLKCD_b62dc948-2f52-4472-94ac-ac7e635110cc.jpeg?v=1466439632

I've been pronouncing it "la-tinks" in my head. (I hate it; it's a ridiculous term. My mom is Mexican and neither of us would never refer to ourselves that way.)

ppl say "latin-ecks"

That Cardillo tweet looks like a buzzfeed quiz.

yeah i'm not super fond of latinx and don't use it myself mainly because i think its clunky (bested only by "____ folx") but the nice thing about this is that when it comes to what other people call themselves the only person obligated to care about my opinion is me

ilm what do you thinx

or ilx...

I don't know any students (most of whom are of Hispanic origin like me) who refer to themselves as Latinx. I've only come across the term on social media and columns.

I say "latin-ecks" with "Latin" pronounced as the language, but when I think about it I wonder whether I should be saying "La-TEEN-ecks." I'm actually not sure I've ever heard someone speak this word, including myself.

Nobody would ever say it out loud except performatively woke white people who want to get eye rolled by everyone in earshot

If you refer to yourself I assume you use the gender that you are

Genuinely asking: wouldn't saying 'latins' cover both all latinas and latinos?

not non binary folks and others tho

why not

I say Latin countries, Latin cultures, Latin people

not non binary folks and others tho

― maura, Monday, July 2, 2018 5:19 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

how so?

"Latin" is an awful descriptor anyway. My boss wonders if he can call himself Latin because his mom's Italian.

I say "latin-ecks" with "Latin" pronounced as the language, but when I think about it I wonder whether I should be saying "La-TEEN-ecks." I'm actually not sure I've ever heard someone speak this word, including myself.

― Guayaquil (eephus!)

If you're going with a Spanish pronunciation shouldn't you go all the way and say "La-TEEN-eh-kees?"

"Latin" is an awful descriptor anyway. My boss wonders if he can call himself Latin because his mom's Italian.

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, July 2, 2018 5:40 PM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Latin-americans then?

my 2 rules for avoiding unnecessary stress:
- let people call themselves what they want to
- don't give ppl a hard time when they say things in good faith

I kind of wonder if "Latinx" is ever going to full happen? Is it in widespread use among the youngfolks?

one of my non-binary students refers to themselves as xicanx

guilty lol warning:

xXxicanxXx

end guilty lol

my 2 rules for avoiding unnecessary stress:
- let people call themselves what they want to
- don't give ppl a hard time when they say things in good faith

― k3vin k., Monday, 2 July 2018 22:28 (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

u monster

to my knowledge, they were never involved in the hxc punk scene
xp

i'm totally down with getting away from gendered pronouns but man it's hard when you're talking about a language in which literally every noun has a gender, from book to table to moon to awkwardness. i realize those things don't self-identify so it's fine but still, it feels so much more uphill in romance languages

Well in french you can say 'la personne non-binaire', personne is still neutral rhetorically, if not grammatically. Don't know how it works for other romance language.

spanish could replace all -a's and -o's with -e's and use le and les articles in lieu of el/los and la/las

^ would definitely make Spanish easier on English speakers!

vhs yeah i mean at the granular level of definite articles it's gendered all the way

my system accounts for all of this. when ppl say things you think are different you just respond "ok sure"

i can get to that

like I honestly can't fathom why it would be important to say latinx vs latina vs whatever, but clearly it is important for some people. live and let live imo!

I'm white btw

bc latin@ doesn't include non-binary

sure

there are all sorts of things that are super important to people who are "on my side" and I just feel like there are better uses of my time than thinking about whether its good or bad, its all good imo

Seems like a bad Democratic Party direction: https://www.slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/the-rhode-island-democratic-party-may-have-endorsed-a-trump-supporter.html

Afaict Rhode Islanders would endorse a 55 gallon barrel of toxic waste if they grew up on the same block as it.

Form is just...illusory, maaaan. Get my meaning? Nope, you made that up.