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U.S Navy add Pronouns to it's Arsenal · The Slippery Slope

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  Hi, I'm Jay Fallon and you are listening to the slippery slope
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  and it's slippery. Slope, indeed, I'm going to play
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  for you the audio from a video which was released by the United
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  States Navy, and they have decided to release a video
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  promote promoting the use of pronouns, within the Navy and
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  how best to use pronouns. To create a safe safe space.
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  Sir, please listen to it if you can bear, listen to it all.
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  It's pretty insightful and on the things that a Navy like the
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  United States Navy. The biggest Navy in the world
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  has decided to focus on pronouns.
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  Have a listen, I'll come back with with a few thoughts after
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  this goes for just under four minutes.
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  I hope you can bear it. Hi.
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  My name is Johnny and I use he/him pronouns pronouns.
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  And we're here to talk about pronouns.
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  What is a pronoun? A pronoun is how we identify
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  ourselves apart from our name and it's also hope be bored
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  referred to as and conversations using the right.
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  Pronouns is a really simple way to affirm someone's identity.
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  It is a signal of acceptance and respect.
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  If it's a signal of acceptance and respect, how do we go about
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  creating a safe space for everybody?
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  That's a good question. A really good way to do that is
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  to use inclusive language instead of saying something
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  like, hey guys, you can say, hey everyone or hey team.
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  Yeah. And now that you say that,
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  another way that we could show that we're allies and then we
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  accept everybody is to, maybe include are pronouns in our
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  emails, or like, we just did introduce ourselves using our
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  pronouns. But what would I do if I miss
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  gender, someone. I think the first thing to
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  recognize is that it's not the end of the world, you correct
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  yourself and move on or you accept the correction and move
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  on. The most important thing I can
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  tell you is do not put the burden of making you feel good
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  about your mistake on the person that you just miss gendered.
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  Oh, thank you for telling me that.
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  Yeah. And another tip for you to
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  remember their pronoun, mix time, it's in your mind.
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  Kind of go through a progression of three, good things about the
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  person using their printout. So let's say the person chooses
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  To use day, then you will, in your mind go.
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  They have a nice Cherry, they have a nice smile, they are
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  really smart, so that kind of sticks in your bread that is so
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  helpful. I want to know what would I do
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  if I want to know someone's gender identity or pronounce?
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  The most important thing is do not pressure anybody into giving
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  you their pronouns, some people may be going through the process
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  of discovery and they are not ready yet to tell you what their
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  pronouns are. And that's okay.
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  So I should just lead with my pronouns and they may follow or
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  not and if they don't then I can just continue to use
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  gender-neutral language. Yes, exactly.
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  Just to share something with you that happen.
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  The other day, I had a cookout. I was that we were talking about
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  pronouns and somebody was disagreeing with how different
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  people see themselves as different pronouns.
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  And the argument was, if you look like a female, then it's
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  Tri her because that's what's normal.
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  And if you make me, call you something else, then you're
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  infringing on my rights. And I was really taken aback by
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  the comment and I really wasn't sure how to respond and the
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  only, Thing, I could really think quickly to say was, it's
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  not about you at all and it's mostly an ultimately about
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  respect. It is about respect.
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  That's an important point to make and I think you did the
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  right thing, I think it's important to keep it short and
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  simple. What I would have said to help
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  them understand. It better is to talk about
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  mispronouncing names. For example, my name is Johnnie
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  spelled Jo NY and It's normal for someone to pronounce my name
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  like Joni. But if I were to tell you over
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  and over again, my name is Johnny and you insist on
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  mispronouncing. My name, I would feel
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  disrespected by you. Some names are very difficult to
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  pronounce but do you know what is very easy to pronounce?
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  She he they So there you have it.
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  U.s. Navy training video, educating
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  its members. On the use of correct.
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  Pronouns to me, this seems extremely strange, that's it,
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  defends spores and own an arm of the United States.
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  Defense Force would would think that this is the direction that
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  they want to go. This will help National
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  Security. This is what our Sailors need.
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  To help defend them when they're in the midst of war in the midst
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  of battle. I hope I don't miss gender
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  someone. I hope I don't hurt.
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  Someone's feelings are using the wrong pronoun.
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  When I'm in the middle of a battle in the middle of a fierce
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  battle. They're not do that.
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  I think, I think I agree. Wholeheartedly with the
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  Republican. Texas Congressman, Dan Crenshaw.
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  Or do I believe is also an ex-navy seal he says, here's an
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  idea fire everyone in the Navy who puts pronouns in their email
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  signature and focus on how to be better at War.
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  This is so stupid. He also added also the US
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  Representative Billy long. He says that while China is
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  building the world's largest navy including the launch of a
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  super carrier, which is only Week.
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  The Democrats are focusing on gender studies in CRT training
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  for the military. China must be petrified.
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  Could you see to it? Does anyone do any of these, do
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  any of these individuals from moment?
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  Think that the Chinese Navy Army, whatever the Chinese
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  Defense Force or the Russian Defense Force remotely
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  interested in pronouns. Do you think for a minute?
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  They are educating their staff their members on pronouns and in
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  the possibility that they might offend someone if they misgender
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  someone. Do you think for a second that
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  that is going to help with? War is not going to do a thing.
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  If they bring this rubbish in into Australia, which looks like
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  there. There's some worrying worrying
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  signs for the Australian Defence Force.
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  If they do bring this in for a Strike.
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  Wow, we are in trouble. These stupidity of of far-left
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  politicians is absolutely Beyond Comprehension.
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  It's just another it. Look, it's just another Empted
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  pandering at the pandering to the lgbtq+ community, you know?
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  Because obviously it was this was all released in pride month.
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  Look this constant pandering to the lgbtq+ community is just
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  absolutely ridiculous. It is not going to win you Wars.
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  It's not even about being laughed at.
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  What are you seriously? Teaching your military
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  personnel, the American Military Is being decayed from the inside
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  out and Destroy Alia has been on the same path to for quite a
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  while. We are starting to see this
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  Decay come in and we are destroying ourselves because we
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  are following this absolute rot. This sinful sinful behavior of
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  pandering to the lgbtq+ community.
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  And this idea that pride month. It's something to hold up on a
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  pedestal. When actually the Bible says
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  that pride is sin is a sin and yet we hold it up as if it's
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  something to be joyful about something to celebrate should be
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  ringing alarm bells in your head right now.
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  That's my opinion. Thank you for listening to the
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  slippery slope.