Your opinion isn't irrelevant, but it's not representative of everyone else's experiences and not grounds to dismiss those as "overblown hyperventilating," especially when you know nothing about their lives and backgrounds.
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On the showing of the “pride flag, and appropriate activism.
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Your opinion isn't irrelevant, but it's not representative of everyone else's experiences and not grounds to dismiss those as "overblown hyperventilating," especially when you know nothing about their lives and backgrounds.
It was a genuine question about what you suggested to be a grammatical rule.
You made an assumption about my intent.
If you are going to make assumptions about what I say and subsequently bring my integrity into question, then that's probably for the best.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
I could not agree more. The whole "Pride" thing is so over the top days that it is nausiating to this old gay man. My guess is that it is based on straight people scoring intersectional oppression points to assauge their collective guilt.
As a member of this "community" I'd like to officially ask the "straight" world to put down that large stick y'all are using to beat yourselves, calm down and just stop it already. Plus: Notice how anyone who says anything contrary to all this BS is immediately jumped on nowadays. I think the "Allies" like being attack dogs.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
It can be.
Maybe settle down with the "I'm so special and need constant attention" rhetoric, and assimilate with the rest of the world now.
Answering just because I love grammar!
It's a very general rule that less is for uncountable and mass nouns (including money, water, and sugar) but fewer is for countable nouns and units of quantity (such as dollars, gallons, and ounces).
So a stickler may say that you should say "I have less money than you" but "I have fewer dollars than you," but there are many examples of usage of less with countable nouns that go back many centuries, and it's also common to use with units of distance, time, etc.
I stick to that rule as a general guideline, but I realize that English dictionaries are descriptive rather than prescriptive and that language evolves a lot.
A few relevant sources:
'Fewer' and 'Less'
We all want fewer problems and less trouble with 'fewer' and 'less'
Less or fewer ?
Less or fewer ? - English Grammar Today - a reference to written and spoken English grammar and usage - Cambridge Dictionary
What is the difference between fewer and less? | MLA Style Center
Use the adjective fewer to describe countable items; otherwise, use the adjective less. And here’s a tip: in general, if the noun is plural, use fewer; if it’s singular, use less: Fewer treadmills line the floor of the gym. Less equipment lines the floor of the gym. In the first example above...
style.mla.org
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Grrr. Oh, for Pete's sake, whose opinion IS representative of everyone else's experience? (Other than Straight Pride Allies, of course. Just ask them.) We have to get over this ridiculous kind of thinking.
Exactly. That's why nobody gets to dismiss others' experiences based on their own, such as by labeling them "overblown hyperventilating" or saying that they rarely happen at all.
Audie
Veteran Member
Winner frub
I think that the consideration that people in the American south are more predisposed to homophobia is, itself, an example of prejudice. My friend Bill was born and raised in western Tennessee, and his parents now live in Mississippi. For years, Billy’s best friend was a common friend of ours named Corliss, who was a homosexual (Corliss has now passed of cancer). Not only that, but Billy’s sister is married to a black man, a Hatian immigrant. The idea that southerners are predisposed to xenophobia is, I think, rather a social meme.
Audie
Veteran Member
Tnx. I didn't feel like rising to the baitAnswering just because I love grammar!
It's a very general rule that less is for uncountable and mass nouns (including money, water, and sugar) but fewer is for countable nouns and units of quantity (such as dollars, gallons, and ounces).
So a stickler may say that you should say "I have less money than you" but "I have fewer dollars than you," but there are many examples of usage of less with countable nouns that go back many centuries, and it's also common to use with units of distance, time, etc.
I stick to that rule as a general guideline, but I realize that English dictionaries are descriptive rather than prescriptive and that language evolves a lot.
A few relevant sources:
'Fewer' and 'Less'
We all want fewer problems and less trouble with 'fewer' and 'less'www.merriam-webster.com
Less or fewer ?
Less or fewer ? - English Grammar Today - a reference to written and spoken English grammar and usage - Cambridge Dictionarydictionary.cambridge.org
What is the difference between fewer and less? | MLA Style Center
Use the adjective fewer to describe countable items; otherwise, use the adjective less. And here’s a tip: in general, if the noun is plural, use fewer; if it’s singular, use less: Fewer treadmills line the floor of the gym. Less equipment lines the floor of the gym. In the first example above...
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
But it IS very over-blown, DS. Obviously, there will be exceptions. Coming out as gay in your country, Egypt (if memory serves correctly) probably is not wise, but I don't hear of any organized boycott or information program to try to educate the Muslim world as to the errors of their thinking and their treatment of gay people. Nope, just crickets.
Part of this is a weird trend to try to protect people from everything. Life is dangerous. The sooner people get used to that idea the sooner they might become successful navigating life's waters. Likewise, actions have consequences. It is not possible to mitigate all potential permutions of problems and make a "safe" world. It's not possible.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
And those who dismiss freedom are unworthy of it. Jus' sayin'...Yeah and the worst ones are those who drone on about freedom.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
Yeah, you have your opinion about what freedom is and I have mine.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
How does one assimilate into a society where a portion of it opposes your inclusion?
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Whose doing that, though?
Often those who bellow loudly about lovin' liberty often support measures that deny others of it. Such a discrepancy is noteworthy.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Oh great!! Now I am triggered about all of those pink symbols out there. Baseball players wearing pink. Some of them even having pink bats. And we see it in other sports too. Where are all of the eggplant symbols? Men have issues too at times. I bought an eggplant hat just to support men that face various problems from erectile disfunction to prostate cancer. Now I can proudly wear it everywhere while every one proudly smile at me and think "What a ****head"
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
If certain Republicans get elected they may be.
I don't know why you find it inappropriate. Part of the mission statement of Audubon society is about education. They are providing a service for people who want to learn about nature and the environment. And that means all people. I think it is more than appropriate to make it clear that all people are welcome there.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
I don't think anyone expects a perfect world, but improving the world, or at least preventing it from becoming worse, will always be a constant, continuous effort. I think society has already displayed how easily it could backslide. For example, nobody thought Roe vs. Wade would be overturned, but here we are with people seeking to punish those who helped a raped ten year old seek an abortion.