10-30-2021, 04:32 PM
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The Lowercase Movement
Yes apparently this is a thing, on university campuses and elsewhere.
University VP has extra security on campus after showing solidarity with Indigenous struggle:
"dr. linda manyguns joins the lowercase movement to reject the symbols of hierarchy wherever they are found and will not use capital letters except to acknowledge the Indigenous struggle for recognition."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ages-1.6230543
Some posters on CP have been members of the movement for years lol.
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10-30-2021, 05:02 PM
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#2
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Oh boy to everyone involved in this idiocy.
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10-30-2021, 05:03 PM
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#3
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no comment
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Last edited by handgroen; 10-30-2021 at 05:06 PM.
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10-30-2021, 05:24 PM
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damn onions
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Lol
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10-30-2021, 05:43 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
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W. T. F?
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10-30-2021, 05:58 PM
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
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I guess it’s better than an all caps movement.
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10-30-2021, 06:01 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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my laziness pays off at last
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10-30-2021, 06:04 PM
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Over to Textcritic.
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10-30-2021, 06:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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It’s being done for a reaction to being attention to her cause. It appears to be working. So it that sense have at it.
It still causes my brain to not understand what I’m reading.
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10-30-2021, 06:29 PM
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lol
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10-30-2021, 07:04 PM
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I use lowercase out of laziness, versus making a statement
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10-30-2021, 07:06 PM
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 Posted the 6 millionth post! |
Sounds like the kind of movement conservatives get unnecessarily triggered over.
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10-30-2021, 09:15 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
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troutman and ee cummings approve
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10-30-2021, 09:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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lower casers unite
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10-30-2021, 11:27 PM
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They can store all the capital letters in the Arm Barn until they need them again.
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10-31-2021, 12:19 AM
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^Funny you mentioned the PETA “Arm Barn” thing because it’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the subject matter. Doing nothing and acting as though it’s helping. It’s just a different version of ‘thoughts and prayers’.
I think this is all rather silly, but it doesn’t affect me so what the hell do I care if her and this movement does or doesn’t capitalize things? I’m not a teacher grading English papers over here, I really couldn’t care about this if I tried.
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Typical dumb take.
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10-31-2021, 12:56 AM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Victoria
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"dr. linda manyguns joins the lowercase movement to reject the symbols of hierarchy wherever they are found and will not use capital letters except to acknowledge the Indigenous struggle for recognition."
If she "rejects symbols of hierarchy wherever they are found" why keep the DR then.....
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10-31-2021, 01:08 AM
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"dr. linda manyguns joins the lowercase movement to reject the symbols of hierarchy wherever they are found"
dr. linda manyguns
I dont have any skin in this game so my GAF is pretty low, I just can't stand hypocrites.
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10-31-2021, 08:44 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Calgary
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What I can't stand is people sending death threats to someone who chooses to use only lower case letters.
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10-31-2021, 08:54 AM
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What I can't stand is people sending death threats to someone who chooses to use only lower case letters.
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Yeah, feels like OP buried the lede here. The article isn’t about a tweet from August, it’s about that tweet leading to abuse and death threats in the time since, which is being investigated by the police.
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