Soon , there will be no more manholes in the city of Berkeley , California. There will also be no chairmen , no manpower , no policemen or policewomen..
No , that doesn’t mean a whole city will be without committee leaders and law enforcement. It means that words that imply a gender preference will be removed from the city’s codes and replaced with gender-neutral terms , according a recently adopted ordinance.
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The city voted Tuesday night to replace gendered terms in its municipal codes , like ” manhole ” and ” manpower ” with gender-neutral ones like ” maintenance hole ” and ” human effort “…
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What have these morons been smoking’ ?!!! …
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The item passed without discussion or comments and was not controversial , said Berkeley City Council member Rigel Robinson , the bill’s primary author.
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This is what the taxpayer gets for ‘ council humans ‘ ?!!! … I take it there’s absolutely no POTholes in streets or anything else that may legitimately need looking after …
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” There’s power in language ” Robinson said. ” This is a small move , but it matters “…
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The revised city documents also will replace instances of gendered pronouns , such as ” he ” and ” she ” with ” they ” according to the ordinance.
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Berkeley’s municipal code currently contains mostly masculine pronouns , the office of the city manager said in a letter to the mayor and city council.
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” Having a male-centric municipal code is inaccurate and not reflective of our reality ” Robinson said. ” Women and non-binary individuals are just as entitled to accurate representation. Our laws are for everyone , and our municipal code should reflect that.”
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What a complete load of Leftwingnut BULLSHIT !!! …
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