jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agoOhio Republicans force through anti-trans bathroom ban at last minutewww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down11cross-posted to: ohio
arrow-up1265arrow-down1external-linkOhio Republicans force through anti-trans bathroom ban at last minutewww.lgbtqnation.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: ohio
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down14·6 months agoThe English language is already awkward enough, but it would help if the title didn’t have a double negative.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down30·6 months agophobic + ban = double negative
minus-squareIcalasari@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up28·6 months agoNo it isn’t, that’s like saying, “Don’t feel sad” is a double negative A double negative is something like, “Don’t not do that”
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down27·6 months agoHonestly, I’m reading it as a triple negative. I wasn’t planning on nitpicking it, but “force through” falls under the negative category for me.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·6 months agoNo. Phobic describes the motivation for the act, which is a ban.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down24·6 months agoPhobia is a noun… https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phobia Honestly I don’t care, English language is pretty convoluted as it is…
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoThat’s cool, he didn’t say phobia, he said phobic
minus-squareValthorn@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoPhobia is a noun. Phobic is an adjective. I also guess since your comment has a negative number of votes, that counts as negation to your statement, so you do care and English is straightforward to you.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-26 months ago“Phobic” isn’t even in the title “Anti-trans ban” is pretty simple, honestly. You want obnoxious English, just read The Chaos: https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
The English language is already awkward enough, but it would help if the title didn’t have a double negative.
Transphobic bathroom ban
phobic + ban = double negative
No it isn’t, that’s like saying, “Don’t feel sad” is a double negative
A double negative is something like, “Don’t not do that”
Honestly, I’m reading it as a triple negative. I wasn’t planning on nitpicking it, but “force through” falls under the negative category for me.
No.
Phobic describes the motivation for the act, which is a ban.
Phobia is a noun…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phobia
Honestly I don’t care, English language is pretty convoluted as it is…
That’s cool, he didn’t say phobia, he said phobic
Phobia is a noun. Phobic is an adjective. I also guess since your comment has a negative number of votes, that counts as negation to your statement, so you do care and English is straightforward to you.
“Phobic” isn’t even in the title
“Anti-trans ban” is pretty simple, honestly.
You want obnoxious English, just read The Chaos: https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
Hate motivated ban