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Title: WaPo: Choice Words For Civil Rights Of Transgender Workers
Post by: Butterfly on May 13, 2010, 05:39:21 PM
Post by: Butterfly on May 13, 2010, 05:39:21 PM
WaPo: Choice Words For Civil Rights Of Transgender Workers
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
May 13, 2010 9:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/05/wapo_choice_words_for_civil_rights_of_transgender.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/05/wapo_choice_words_for_civil_rights_of_transgender.php)
The Washington Post weighed in this morning on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act with a few choice words.
It characterizes ENDA as pushing a "testy" issue in the culture wars: civil rights for transgender workers.
"Testy"? Really? I've heard of a person being testy, or a remark being testy. But an issue? It is intended to communicate something. What might that be?
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
May 13, 2010 9:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/05/wapo_choice_words_for_civil_rights_of_transgender.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/05/wapo_choice_words_for_civil_rights_of_transgender.php)
The Washington Post weighed in this morning on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act with a few choice words.
It characterizes ENDA as pushing a "testy" issue in the culture wars: civil rights for transgender workers.
"Testy"? Really? I've heard of a person being testy, or a remark being testy. But an issue? It is intended to communicate something. What might that be?