Elizabeth Warren 2020 campaign megathread

[John Dule]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

This is true. Projecting sexism onto -o/-a endings is the whitest thing ever and wildly misunderstands the Spanish language. Even if you really wanted to get rid of language genders, one could always use the already existent -e ending. -x is linguistically absurd, blatantly disregards Hispanic worldviews, and has a distinctly Anglo orgin.

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Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

This is true. Projecting sexism onto -o/-a endings is the whitest thing ever and wildly misunderstands the Spanish language. Even if you really wanted to get rid of language genders, one could always use the already existent -e ending. -x is linguistically absurd, blatantly disregards Hispanic worldviews, and has a distinctly Anglo orgin.

Don't you mean Anglx?

[Stranger in a strange land]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

This is true. Projecting sexism onto -o/-a endings is the whitest thing ever and wildly misunderstands the Spanish language. Even if you really wanted to get rid of language genders, one could always use the already existent -e ending. -x is linguistically absurd, blatantly disregards Hispanic worldviews, and has a distinctly Anglo orgin.

Yeah, I've been wondering about this. "Latines" at least sounds plausibly Spanish

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

yikes I missed that.  Did she pronounce it "latinks" or "latinex"?

[Ilhan Apologist]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

This is true. Projecting sexism onto -o/-a endings is the whitest thing ever and wildly misunderstands the Spanish language. Even if you really wanted to get rid of language genders, one could always use the already existent -e ending. -x is linguistically absurd, blatantly disregards Hispanic worldviews, and has a distinctly Anglo orgin.

Fair, but I know plenty of Hispanic people who refer to themselves as Latinx

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

This is true. Projecting sexism onto -o/-a endings is the whitest thing ever and wildly misunderstands the Spanish language. Even if you really wanted to get rid of language genders, one could always use the already existent -e ending. -x is linguistically absurd, blatantly disregards Hispanic worldviews, and has a distinctly Anglo orgin.

Fair, but I know plenty of Hispanic people who refer to themselves as Latinx

Yes, this is a generational American thing, not necessarily something to do with the language of origin. Lots of other young folks of various ethnicities employ the same scheme.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

This is true. Projecting sexism onto -o/-a endings is the whitest thing ever and wildly misunderstands the Spanish language. Even if you really wanted to get rid of language genders, one could always use the already existent -e ending. -x is linguistically absurd, blatantly disregards Hispanic worldviews, and has a distinctly Anglo orgin.

Fair, but I know plenty of Hispanic people who refer to themselves as Latinx

Yeah I definitely started using it at the direction of young Hispanic activists I know.

[John Dule]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

This is true. Projecting sexism onto -o/-a endings is the whitest thing ever and wildly misunderstands the Spanish language. Even if you really wanted to get rid of language genders, one could always use the already existent -e ending. -x is linguistically absurd, blatantly disregards Hispanic worldviews, and has a distinctly Anglo orgin.

Fair, but I know plenty of Hispanic people who refer to themselves as Latinx

Speaking only for myself, almost every Spanish-speaker I know thinks the term is idiotic and an invention of white Twitter activists. Literally the entire language is gendered; are we going to go through noun by noun to render the whole lexicon as sterile and sexless as Social Justice-speak is? News flash for everyone: Conjugating your words properly is not sexist, or "non-binary exclusive" or whatever.

[Blue3]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

The people I know whose first language is Spanish liked it when Warren said Latinx.

[John Dule]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

The people I know whose first language is Spanish liked it when Warren said Latinx.

Is this a sample that's likely to be representative of the general Spanish-speaking population, or is it limited to young third-generation Mexicans with purple hair?

[BundouYMB]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

The people I know whose first language is Spanish liked it when Warren said Latinx.

Is this a sample that's likely to be representative of the general Spanish-speaking population, or is it limited to young third-generation Mexicans with purple hair?

No one born south of the boarder would say Latinx. It's a very strange Amercanism.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

The people I know whose first language is Spanish liked it when Warren said Latinx.

Is this a sample that's likely to be representative of the general Spanish-speaking population, or is it limited to young third-generation Mexicans with purple hair?

No one born south of the boarder would say Latinx. It's a very strange Amercanism.

Latinx is the stupid invention that ought to be thrown in the dumpster.

[Mr. Smith]

It'd be more useful to convince Spain to do what Sweden did to Masculine/Feminine than use something like "Latinx".

[Senator Incitatus]

Anyone who uses Latinx, especially out loud, is goofy. But that's part of Warren's appeal anyway.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

This is true. Projecting sexism onto -o/-a endings is the whitest thing ever and wildly misunderstands the Spanish language. Even if you really wanted to get rid of language genders, one could always use the already existent -e ending. -x is linguistically absurd, blatantly disregards Hispanic worldviews, and has a distinctly Anglo orgin.

Fair, but I know plenty of Hispanic people who refer to themselves as Latinx

Yeah, this semantic issue is one that I am neutral on, I don't really care one way or the other. But what matters is what the Latin American community thinks and in my experience most are pretty neutral on it too, with some favoring it, and a few more who are probably the loudest detesting it. So the entire spectrum exists and overall indicates to me that arguing about it isn't worth expending the mental energy.

[Blue3]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

The people I know whose first language is Spanish liked it when Warren said Latinx.

Is this a sample that's likely to be representative of the general Spanish-speaking population, or is it limited to young third-generation Mexicans with purple hair?

1st-generation Mexican-American.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Honestly, her use of "Latinx" in the first debate was much more ridiculous than this.

How and why does that bother you? LOL.

Because no words in Spanish end in two consonants, and the word is grammatical nonsense in Spanish.

The people I know whose first language is Spanish liked it when Warren said Latinx.

Is this a sample that's likely to be representative of the general Spanish-speaking population, or is it limited to young third-generation Mexicans with purple hair?

No one born south of the boarder would say Latinx. It's a very strange Amercanism.

That’s simply untrue, I’ve seen numerous examples in Latin America.

[QAnonKelly]

I always want people who use "Latinx" to be asked to pluralize it or put it in a sentence. It's grammatical nonsense and you can't do it. It's the most gringx thing I can think of.  If you said "Lxs galetxs son muy buenxs", you'd get laughed at.

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I always want people who use "Latinx" to be asked to pluralize it or put it in a sentence. It's grammatical nonsense and you can't do it. It's the most gringx thing I can think of.  If you said "Lxs galetxs son muy buenxs", you'd get laughed at.

Don't forget to apply it to cities like Sanx Franciscx and Sanx Anx.

[QAnonKelly]

I always want people who use "Latinx" to be asked to pluralize it or put it in a sentence. It's grammatical nonsense and you can't do it. It's the most gringx thing I can think of.  If you said "Lxs galetxs son muy buenxs", you'd get laughed at.

Don't forget to apply it to cities like Sanx Franciscx and Sanx Anx.

Lxs profesorxs de lx Universidxd Californix Lxs Angelxs son de muchxs paisxs

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Y’all sound like Agustín Laje and all the Latin American reactionaries who complain about “gender ideology” right now, except you’re also making disprovable claims of objective fact. Here’s four examples of actual Latin Americans, native Spanish speakers, using “lenguaje inclusivo”. Uruguayan student union. Another one in Argentina. Costa Rican indigenous movement. And one in Mexico.

[izixs]

I have a feeling this thread has drifted off a bit... Again.