💬 We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing “the” labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled

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[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I’ll keep it Bama related with a tweet from a Bama grad…

 

[bamafan4ever]

Emma is not ugly either.

...or looks challenged.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Emma is not ugly either.

She’s awesome. Pretty, smart, and will throw uppercuts to those who deserve them.

 

[SnakeDoc]

Gotta love that he used "the French" as an example. LOL

 

[TerryP]

Gotta love that he used "the French" as an example. LOL

Coming from The Associated Press.

 

[rick4bama]

So we can't use "THE" anymore? I know Ohio St had the "THE" as part of the school.

 

[SnakeDoc]

So we can't use "THE" anymore? I know Ohio St had the "THE" as part of the school.

Only if you're, um, one of them.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

THE Hell you say!

 

[Sid Youngleman]

Suppose we compromise by limiting our insensitivity to only one the, as in "The broke, crazy, crippled but well-educated French."

 

[SnakeDoc]

Suppose we compromise by limiting our insensitivity to only one the, as in "The broke, crazy, crippled but well-educated French."

I approve.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

The update we’ve all been waiting on from The Bitches…

 

[TerryP]

The update we’ve all been waiting on from The Bitches…

This world, today...SMH.

Someone has surrendered to The French.

 

[OldPlayer]

What the f*ck?

 

[TerryP]

What the f*ck?

If "the" implies a monolith is this another way of saying "go fuck yourself?"

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[sean]

 

[ElephantStomp]

I’m as liberal as they come, but the AP’s idea of eliminating “The” in those cases is absolutely idiotic