Argentina announced On Tuesday, President Javier Millay ordered a ban on the use of left-wing “inclusive” language in all executive offices and documents.
The announcement was made on Tuesday at a press conference by Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni. Adorni added that “all things related to gender-based perspectives” will also be banned throughout the state administration.
“They intend to advance and initiate a process to ban inclusive language and anything related to gender-based perspectives throughout the national administration,” Adorni said. “Of course, you already know all the details. In all documents of administrative bodies the letter “e”, “@ symbol”, “x” can no longer be used and avoid unnecessary use of feminine forms. I can. ”
Argentina’s official language is Spanish. It is an inherently gendered Romance language, with nouns, pronouns, articles, adjectives, and even objects defined by male or female gender. Masculine words tend to end in -o and feminine words tend to end in -a. Left-wing movements sought to replace o and a with “inclusive” substitutions such as -e and -x. For example, saying “Latin” or “Latinx” instead of “Latino” or “Latina” makes the language disjointed.
In the United States, the most widely known example of an “inclusive” language is “Latin.” This word is not only unpronounceable according to Spanish linguistic rules, but also widely used. was denied And gets insulted by Hispanics. The ‘@’ symbol, which is not a letter, is used by the left to replace ‘o’ and ‘a’, even though the word itself cannot be pronounced in Spanish, and is also used to represent ‘gender neutral’. It has been used. result.
These “comprehensive” left-wing modifications to the Spanish language are widespread. frowned Such efforts are being undertaken by organizations such as the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), a Spain-based institution founded in the 18th century and dedicated to the preservation and correct use of the Spanish language.
“The language in which we contemplate all areas is the Castilian language we use. It is Spanish,” Adorni continued. “I don’t see why we have to have a structure. We don’t want to engage in discussions about that because we think gender-based perspectives have also been used as political business.”
In Argentina, the previous socialist government of President Alberto Fernández (2019-2023) was at the forefront of introducing so-called “inclusive” language into government services.
“Between the ideal and the possible, we are getting closer to the ideal every day, so let’s aim for the possible. Little by little we are making possible what was thought to be impossible. The ideal is “todas” remain ‘todes’ and no one cares about people’s gender,” Fernandes said. Said In 2021, the Argentine government changed the rules for the Argentine national identity card to “include non-binary people.”
Throughout his career as a liberal economist and television personality, President Milais claimed that He accused the left of waging a culture war against “political correctness” and Marxist indoctrination, accusing it of instilling far-left ideas in the population by promoting gender, environmental and other agendas.
“What kind of madness are we living in? The madness of stupid political correctness. It’s basically, ‘Oh, if you don’t advocate cool socialism or you’re not woke, you’re It’s violent and dangerous to democracy.” Come on everyone! ” Millay said this in an interview during the 2023 presidential campaign.
Javier Millay: “The recitation of socialism was cool, the violent acts, the peligro acts of democracy did not awaken. Vamos muchachos! Vamos a cel el barrio de chavolas mas… Grande del Mundo!”
pic.twitter.com/llYwaRQasQ— Wall Street Wolverine (@wallstwolverine) September 14, 2023
In December, shortly after Mr. Milley began his term as president, Defense Minister Louis Petry said: announced The use of the word “inclusive” has been banned throughout the Argentine military. The measure was formalized on Monday in a ministerial decree that “requires the use of the Spanish language in accordance with the regulations of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) and the regulations and manuals in force in the Armed Forces.”
el ministro @Louis Petri Obliges Castellano to comply with the Spanish Real Academia Regramentos and Fuerzas manual. pic.twitter.com/7rcslcnvqo
— Minister Defensa (@MindefArg) February 26, 2024
“The aim is to eliminate incorrectly formatted language that can create erroneous interpretations of requests and affect the execution of orders and the development of military operations,” the ministry said. Said in a social media post.
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