“Historically natural” https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1196569271427567617 …
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That’s exactly what I thought. It’s a quite striking example of how affinity politics can overwhelm critical intellectual engagement.
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ironically there's increasing evidence that The Language Instinct is wrong but that ("natural" aside) the historical claim about singular they is correct. (my response to this historical point however is “who cares”)
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"natural" is the problem! Language Instinct or no, it's not good to talk about pronoun conventions as "natural."
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