Reply to: Ok all, mankind is now peoplekind.

[NotAllThere]

I've not seen the video - I don't care enough to watch. The quote is from the Times, which isn't usually a safe place for virtue signalling - nor a fan of Trudeau.

I've seen the video. I can't see May or any British politician exposing themselves like that (except for BoJo, fnarrr fnarrr) so he deserves some kudos for that, but it does seem to me be a slightly sarcastic/exasperated response to a very long-winded and weird question, from someone who is part of a Korean cult. It worked in that it shut her down.

[NotAllThere]

Woman is presumably womb - man, very sexist to name them after a reproductive organ. Maybe equality would be best served by referring to men as knobman or summit.

Woman comes from old English "wifman" (wife-man), and stems from a time when "man" simply meant "human". Womb is Old English, with wamb as a variant spelling, meaning "belly, bowels, heart, uterus." It's not connected to woman.

Incidentally, the word "human" comes from French "humain", so it not connected to the word "man".

I don't think referring to men as "summit" will work well.

[greenlake]

So, MaMan = Man, WoMan = Woman and Man = All.

[xoggoth]

Woman is presumably womb - man, very sexist to name them after a reproductive organ. Maybe equality would be best served by referring to men as knobman or summit.

[NotAllThere]

I watched the video and it did not look like it was taken out of context.

He might be back tracking but it did not look like a joke.

I've not seen the video - I don't care enough to watch. The quote is from the Times, which isn't usually a safe place for virtue signalling - nor a fan of Trudeau.

[woohoo]

Ah, German is great. Even nouns have genders, and none of this fluidity nonsense - just straightforward masculine, feminine and neuter.

Anyway, it turns out, as ever, that what Trudeau said needs to be taken in context. Apparently some woman was going on at religious length, railing against much of Trudeau's agenda, with its "inclusiveness". In response to her saying "mankind", he said "we say 'peoplekind'". It wasn't intended to be taken seriously, rather a putdown to this woman.

During a sometimes difficult meeting for the prime minister the woman asked a long question about charity law. She said that she was from the World Mission Society Church of God, which emphasises “the female aspect” of religion and preaches a “maternal love that’s going to change the future of mankind”.

“We like to say peoplekind, not necessarily mankind,” Mr Trudeau replied, prompting laughter. “Because it’s more inclusive.”

“There you go!” the questioner, who had been booed by the crowd, said.

The idiot conservatives knee-jerkists however just focus on the phrase, not the context. And the usual suspects here foam at the mouth.

Personally, I think it was a bit mean and nasty of him. He could have been more generous, but chose to ridicule her instead.

I watched the video and it did not look like it was taken out of context.

He might be back tracking but it did not look like a joke.

[NotAllThere]

Things are changing, so we need to get with the plan.

Canada PM Trudeau faces PC backlash over 'peoplekind' comment - BBC News

If you could all make the mental adjustment, bugger sorry, the persontal adjustment - Just use the right gender neutral words please.

You tell him Nat, sorry, sorry, meant to say you tell zim or does he, sorry I mean does zim prefer sie instead of zim?

Ah, German is great. Even nouns have genders, and none of this fluidity nonsense - just straightforward masculine, feminine and neuter.

Anyway, it turns out, as ever, that what Trudeau said needs to be taken in context. Apparently some woman was going on at religious length, railing against much of Trudeau's agenda, with its "inclusiveness". In response to her saying "mankind", he said "we say 'peoplekind'". It wasn't intended to be taken seriously, rather a putdown to this woman.

During a sometimes difficult meeting for the prime minister the woman asked a long question about charity law. She said that she was from the World Mission Society Church of God, which emphasises “the female aspect” of religion and preaches a “maternal love that’s going to change the future of mankind”.

“We like to say peoplekind, not necessarily mankind,” Mr Trudeau replied, prompting laughter. “Because it’s more inclusive.”

“There you go!” the questioner, who had been booed by the crowd, said.

The idiot conservatives knee-jerkists however just focus on the phrase, not the context. And the usual suspects here foam at the mouth.

Personally, I think it was a bit mean and nasty of him. He could have been more generous, but chose to ridicule her instead.

[glebe digital]

I can only guess that in the world of Justin, 'humankind' is considered speciesist, and excludes trans-species and alien people?

Nutter!

[vetran]

So, MaMan = Man, WoMan = Woman and Man = All.

Seems very biased against those people that identify as both MaMan and WoMan. Or those that identify as neither MaMan or WoMan.

I think in old German those sort of people didn't get much of a say.

[woohoo]

This

I agree, he is an absolute dick.

[Dark Black]

Pathetic virtue signalling simp. Only thing worse than a raging feminazi is a male white night mangina.

This

[woohoo]

the problem with ignorance & predjuidice is there is so much of it about!

His and hers, wyf and wer | Macmillan Dictionary Blog

So, MaMan = Man, WoMan = Woman and Man = All.

Seems very biased against those people that identify as both MaMan and WoMan. Or those that identify as neither MaMan or WoMan.

[vetran]

the problem with ignorance & predjuidice is there is so much of it about!

His and hers, wyf and wer | Macmillan Dictionary Blog

[HugeWhale]

You tell him Nat, sorry, sorry, meant to say you tell zim or does he, sorry I mean does zim prefer sie instead of zim?

I have decided that I am going to identify myself as non-digital gender-neutral. I find your use of the word 'him' offensive.
Please sort it out.

[woohoo]

I don't think you're allowed to say feminazi - how about neuternazi?

Hupeoplekind you misogynist idiot.

You tell him Nat, sorry, sorry, meant to say you tell zim or does he, sorry I mean does zim prefer sie instead of zim?