As Twitchy told you, a group of Amherst College students calling themselves “Amherst Uprising” have submitted a long list of demands to the college’s president, administrators, and board of trustees. Among their 11 demands is that any student found displaying a “Free Speech” poster be subjected to disciplinary action, including mandatory “extensive training for racial and cultural competency.” They’ve given until 11:59 p.m. on November 18 to comply. Otherwise, there could be trouble. You hear that? Trouble!
Here’s another demand:
It’s full of the usual SJW P.C. jargon … except maybe for one term we’ve heretofore been unfamiliar with:
commenter noticed the Amherst dolts included a demand to recognize the oppression of "Latinx." Latinx. Can you figure out why it ends in x?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) November 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/665252012208951296
@SonnyBunch When the hell did Latinx become a word use by sane people? Or has that yet to happen?
— epobirs (@epobirs) November 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/665251012723257344
“Latinx”? Seriously? What fresh hell is this?
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/665261694084624385
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/665253183879450624
Oh, lawdy …
The “x” makes Latino, a masculine identifier, gender-neutral. It also moves beyond Latin@ – which has been used in the past to include both masculine and feminine identities – to encompass genders outside of that limiting man-woman binary.
Latinx, pronounced “La-teen-ex,” includes the numerous people of Latin American descent whose gender identities fluctuate along different points of the spectrum, from agender or nonbinary to gender non-conforming, genderqueer and genderfluid.
So, this is where we’re at now. Fan. Frigging. Tastic.
Thank tweeps, I've learned that's Latinx is the gender-neutral way of referring to Latina/Latino. #TheMoreYouKnow
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 13, 2015
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The more we know, the more we pray for Sweet Meteor of Death to come and end it all.
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/665259464598167552
https://twitter.com/ClarkHat/status/665259630642208768
https://twitter.com/BlueShiftBlog/status/665260317442707456
We have to laugh so we don’t cry.
"Latinx" sounds like a condom flavored with agave
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) November 13, 2015
Ask your doctor if Latinx is right for you. https://t.co/Kqgx7NdL7n
— Death's Guinea Pig 4.0 (@Bernie_Gilbert) November 13, 2015
I'm going to tweet in nothing but Latinx until SJW combusts.
— Pouncing Coder Brad (@bradcundiff) November 13, 2015
Get to it!
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