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Posted: 20 July 2019 at 5:05am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Sure, let’s correct the problem by relabeling it.

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Posted: 20 July 2019 at 5:43am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

I'll stop saying "mankind" when you pry it from cold, dead mouth!
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Posted: 20 July 2019 at 6:10am | IP Logged | 3 post reply

I adapted to "humankind" long ago, altho stuff like this reminds me of the DC writer who, tongue in cheek, said a woman should be called a "woperchild". Replace the offensive "man" with "person", and the offensive "son" with "child".
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Posted: 20 July 2019 at 6:42am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

I've tried out "humankind" a few times , just doesn't feel right to me. Not for trying to hold onto any "manliness", mankind just sounds agreeable.

Tho careful of that slope, humankind may turn into anthropoidkind!


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Posted: 20 July 2019 at 6:45am | IP Logged | 5 post reply

I'll wait now for someone to complain about Lesbians being called homosexuals.
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Posted: 20 July 2019 at 8:04am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

It seems the far left is determined to NEVER be outdone by the far right!

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If the term "manhole cover" offends you, you may have bigger issues.

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I say humanity rather than mankind or humankind for no particular reason.
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Posted: 20 July 2019 at 11:17am | IP Logged | 9 post reply

It seems the far left is determined to NEVER be outdone by the far right! 

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I’m not sure enforcing really dumb rules to be inoffensive really compares to rallying around deporting non-white Americans and taking away women’s options for unwanted pregnancies. 
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The world gets more idiotic! What are they going to use
instead of menstruation or menopause? ( Being
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The world gets more idiotic! What are they going to use instead of menstruation or menopause? ( Being sarcastic!)

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You introduce the thinking of those who say history should be herstory. To which I respond, what about hisitage?

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Theirstory?
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