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1d ago

Italy bans gender-neutral symbols in schools in latest culture clash

www.reuters.com reuters.com

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Italy going stupid

"The use of non-compliant graphic signs, such as the asterisk (*) and the schwa (ə), is contrary to linguistic norms and risks compromising the clarity and uniformity of institutional communication", the ministry said in a statement.
Oh fuck off Bigots. Language and the written word changes over time, so why try to stop this progress? (this is a rhetoric question and doesn't need an answer as we all already know why)
- I should think the push-back against e.g. semantic drift, spelling alterations etc. is also a normal and natural phenomenon, in the sense of language being a usable shared information network. The amount of effort the French put into preserving their language is a particularly extreme example.
  
  Let's be honest: That is not "a push-back against semantic drift or spelling alterations". They hate transgender people and diversity and are using every argument they can find to discriminate them.
  
  The French did make a huge thing about changing the way they write in recent years to include multiple genders etc, there was a big fuss about it.

risks compromising the clarity
What a made up argument to fix an issue noone has.

“Italy bans” 🙃 I didn’t know that Reuters makes clickbaits
For those wondering: https://www.mim.gov.it/documents/20182/8782792/m_pi.AOODPIT.REGISTRO+UFFICIALE%28U%29.0001784.21-03-2025.pdf/4d39b729-fea8-90be-0a02-ee41ec8a0806?version=1.0&t=1742564939056
Some days ago the premier talked shit about a Manifesto just to make noise about something else and now this
I feel like the political discourse is at a level: dogs running around to take sticks they throw at us, always following never leading…
- This. They're illusionists. Always watch what the other hand is doing.

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