References: U.S. House Democrats introduce ethics, legislative reforms | Reuters; untitled (house.gov) (for text of resolution)
Yes, responding to what they apparently think is a crying need and national mandate after their overwhelming victory in the recent elections, our Democratic “progressive” friends are going to make sure that gender-specific terms such as “father” “mother” “brother” and “sister” are eliminated. New proposed rules for the Congress provide that:
“In clause 8(c)(3) of rule XXIII, strike ‘father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in- law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, grandson, or granddaughter’ and insert ‘parent, child, sibling, parent’s sibling, first cousin, sibling’s child, spouse, parent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, half-sibling, or grandchild’”
Similarly, “seamen” shall be changed to “seafarers,” (which actually sounds better anyway, maybe let that one go) “chairman” becomes “chair,” and “himself” and “herself” shall be changed to “themself.” “He” and “she” are also eliminated. Hilariously, the ” Office of the Whistleblower Ombudsman” is changed to ” Office of the Whistleblower Ombuds.”
Now these rules are supposed “reforms” of the Congress’s own rules for its own conduct, so their application is limited, at the moment anyway, to that. We’ll see what they Congress as a whole thinks about this and whether or not they’ll let this nonsense continue. However, you don’t have to be a genius to see the way this is going if “progressives” get their way.
Pretty soon, it will be a hate crime to refer to someone as “him” or “her.” It will be a hate crime to refer to your mother as your “mother.” It will be a hate crime to call your son your “son,” or your daughter your “daughter.” You wait and see how far these morons can push this nonsense.
As the New York Post reported at NY GOP congresswomen blast Nancy Pelosi’s new House gender rules (nypost.com):
“Staten Island’s Congresswoman-elect Nicole Malliotakis also had words for the new rules. ‘There are millions of Americans suffering, our economy is hurting, vaccine distribution is lagging and Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats are worried about this nonsense,’ she said. ‘Here’s a gender neutral word to describe this legislation: ridiculous.’”
There are a lot of other words that come to mind too – stupid, unnecessary, pandering, woke, idiotic, etc., you get the point. This is your tax dollars at work – YOU are paying for this. And there’s a lot more in these proposed rules that is just as stupid, but we’d be here for weeks. Anyone still want the Democrats to run the show?