Gender stuff

What's with the gender stuff? Especially the tendency of some posters to use ``ey'', ``them'', et cetera. Am I missing some fad that you guys are getting yourselves into in your real life OR some other online forum/community?

I am aware of the LGBT movement and whatnot, so that's that? Some of us here are part of this movement? Is it because of your ``openmindedness'', or are you a lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender?

Or perhaps it's some semantics enthusiast who longs for a gender-neutral spoken language?

If you want my sincere opinion, I think this whole thing is dumb. As dumb as getting a hissy fit on the use of the word ``nigger''. (or ``jew'')

Honestly I want to believe that /prog/ is populated by smart beings who don't have such stupid intellectual preconceptions. But you are lucky if such are your intellectual preconceptions: It's easy for others to point them out to you, and it's easy for you to understand them. What about me? I have no popular misconceptions. All my misconceptions are dark corners in an otherwise lit room. Nobody will point them out. Will I find out by myself?

>>8,22
* There is more than one way to maintain a high birthrate. Besides, straights can fuck and procreate all they want. Fags hanging around aren't going to interfere.
* Gay couples are a source of parenthood. They can raise children that would otherwise be abandoned by straight couples.
* A high birthrate is shit anyway since it will only lead to over population. I hope I don't live to the point when the earth is saturated. It'll be like a zombie apocalypse except the zombies are just people acting on instinct. If you are into that race war shit, the optimal strategy would be to maintain self sufficiency as a nation and enforce the borders so when the rest of the world falls into famine you don't get flooded.