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Caitlyn Jenner’s Run at Newsom
Yesterday, former reality star and athlete Caitlyn Jenner (born Bruce Jenner) announced her candidacy for Governor of California, thanks to a recall effort aimed at current Governor Gavin Newsom. Jenner is working with a team of former Trump communications strategists, and it appears Brad Parscale helped produce this breathtaking first advertisement announcing her candidacy:
WATCH: I came here with a dream 48 years ago to be the greatest athlete in the world. Now I enter a different kind of race, arguably my most important one yet, because California is worth fighting for! pic.twitter.com/BHglwn5ZSE
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) May 4, 2021
In response, we saw the political media scoffing at Jenner’s announcement. You remember those experts, don’t you? The same ones who laughed off a 2016 Donald Trump candidacy, and who learned exactly no lessons from the experience. Jenner has a winning communications team, high name recognition, a great deal of cash to fund a run, and a deeply unpopular opponent. Sound familiar?
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LOL! I am a nut!
More commentary on the Sarah Silverman podcast “Diabolically Dumbness”:
And yet the newscaster kept referring to the man as “her.”
The correction is available, but the newscaster refuses to say that the emperor has no clothes.
The newscaster presumably likes her job. Speaking some truth is the best she can do to keep her job, she’s an improvement.
I understand, but you can mention the person without using any pronouns at all almost as easily. Use its name or its behavior or anything but its pronoun.