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Ok, this is nuts. I was listening to my local NPR station this morning. (Yeah, I know.) It did a story on the Winchester Mystery House--the big creepy old house built by the widow of the heir to the famous rifle company. The reporter mentioned the theory that Sarah Winchester’s building obsessions were rooted in her deep personal losses early in life, most particularly, the loss of her only child. But in describing the death of that child, the reporter said, “they died in infancy.” My brain froze for a second. "They" died? Hadn’t the reporter just said “only” child?” Did she say “twins,” and I missed it? Then the fog lifted, this is trans-ideology creeping in.
Well, I had to look it up. Sarah Winchester’s only child, the one who died at six weeks, was a girl, Annie Pardee Winchester, named after her deceased aunt.
So what’s the deal? Why not write it up as, “Annie Winchester lived only a few weeks,” or “Sarah’s only child, Annie, died at six weeks old,” or “Sarah’s only child, a daughter, died only weeks after her birth.” Why in the world go out of your editorial way to refer to Annie Pardee Winchester as “they” when every source you have says Annie Pardee Winchester was a baby girl? Who the h*ll retcons babies? Any guesses?
My guess is that the editors at my local NPR station are so neck-deep in trans-ideology, they believe there is really no way for anyone to tell what “gender” a six-week old baby is--even though every single one of their sources says Annie Pardee Winchester was a baby girl.
This is madness.
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Remember this the next time someone gaslights you asking, "Why do you care so much about pronouns?"
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This corruption of language is a sure sign of corrupted thinking. And, of course, they want to force you to speak as dishonestly as them.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this was deliberate choice to normalize the trans agenda, but its also something someone might just say as part of a habitual speech pattern, due to the peculiarities of the English language.
On a side note, I've heard fairly convincing evidence* that most of the story behind the Winchester Mansion and the widow was completely made up by the people who bought it after she died, in order to make money from tourists.
*I don't remember the details, but I remember finding the evidence quite convincing when I heard about it.
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Could be. But it's hard to be sure: That particular corruption of English was begun in the 60's by radical feminists who wanted to de-sex the English language.
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There was a Skeptoid episode on it.
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If you don't want to bother with the podcast episode (they're short, but still...), Sarah Winchester was a philanthropist doing everything she could to keep people employed. She put lots of people to work on her house. When there was nothing left to do on the house, she made up stuff to do to her house... which is how we wind up with the Winchester Mystery House.
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