Person First Language

I can't even describe the stomach pain that this evokes in me.

If there are people incapable of distinguishing between an adjective and a noun, should the rest of us destroy the cadence and clarity of our language to accommodate them?

Adjectives precede nouns because the grammar of our language dictates that descriptors come before the objects they describe. Interpreting this as some kind of hierarchical code seems a stretch.

The fact that this seems most prevalent in education is not surprising in the least.

Even more amusingly, there seems to be a struggle between two theories of disability that is being carried out partly in the use of person first or person second language.  Partisans, march on.

Stories like this one are depressing. Becoming obviously pregnant appears to move you into a special social class, where the old sexist beliefs of our culture can move from the quiet shadows into the open air. Even better, random strangers seem to feel empowered to determine appropriate behavior and consumption for a pregnant woman.

Between fetus worship and paranoid risk aversion, maybe we'll just decide to lock all the preggers up in special facilities guaranteed to ensure that they subjugate themselves entirely to their impending motherhood and that their treatment of the god-babies inside them is up to snuff.

Hillary Clinton

What kind of place do we live where an "Emotional Moment" gets more play than anything any candidate is saying about any issue?

Smoke