Use the Word 'Man?' That Will Be $95,000, Please
Or I was unconsciously primed to notice these things. In any case, I just wrote about the criminal conviction of a woman who called a child rapist the "N-word," and now I get to write about the even more outrageous case of the women's rights activist in Australia who is being forced to pay two men who cosplay being women because she referred to them as men. I don't consider myself vilified if somebody calls me a man, because it is a neutral, descriptive word with no negative over- or undertones to speak of, unless you are an androphobe.
- ▪Or I was unconsciously primed to notice these things.
- ▪In any case, I just wrote about the criminal conviction of a woman who called a child rapist the "N-word," and now I get to write about the even more outrageous case of the women's rights activist in Australia who is being forced to pay two
- ▪I don't consider myself vilified if somebody calls me a man, because it is a neutral, descriptive word with no negative over- or undertones to speak of, unless you are an androphobe.
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Use the Word 'Man?' That Will Be $95,000, Please David Strom 4:40 PM | July 24, 2026 AP Photo/Eric Gay I didn't intend for this to happen, but two posts were on the theme of "the culture of death," and now my second two posts are on the theme of "being punished for saying the wrong word." Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); In the middle was a post about the man who became public enemy #1 for promoting free speech. Serendipity, I guess. Or I was unconsciously primed to notice these things.
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