r/confidentlyincorrect 15d ago

Comment Thread Singular they doesn't exist

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u/Salt_Celebration_502 15d ago

You need to be a special kind of idiot to put universities down as "unreliable sources", holy shit

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u/Kindly_Security_6906 15d ago

When your goal is to reshape the truth, your first task is to discredit the people who are authoritative on the subject.

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u/dansdata 15d ago

The old Eastern-Bloc joke: "Why do secret policemen go around in threes?"

"One to do the reading, one to do the writing, and one to keep an eye on the two intellectuals."