Originally Posted by
flyprdu
Language is compelled speech. We have all agreed that red thing on the counter is called an Apple.
Your argument is not grounded in anything other than your discomfort with change.
Absolutely not. Calling an apple an orange, for example, would not risk extreme social ostracism, the loss of a job, or even jail-time. Let the Gen-Z crowd do as they please, but to force such a drastic societal change creates instability. I’m all for change, and have always thrived on it, but when you start pulling on a thread of the social-fabric that keeps society humming, then I have a problem with it. I’m grateful for the founding fathers’ brilliance and foresight, intentionally creating a system of checks and balances and mild-dysfunction that slows change to a more palatable change. I don’t care enough to want to change your mind, but don’t pretend it’s liberal of you to not respect a differing opinion. Seems to me those that fall left of centrist-left are literally clueless when it comes to basic human nature - they’re the leftist authoritarians masquerading as enlightened liberals.