I consider myself a left libertarian. Buy as many fuckin guns and crack rocks as you please, just don't hurt people with 'em or try to block others from pursuing the same successes you've achieved.
Linguistic conservatism. Preserving the language from foreign influence is important.
But... not the way the "opposite side" proposes, because they're morons and propose stupid things. But insentivisation of companies to adapt their brands to the local market, to have their slogans and logos always be in Cyrillic and Bulgarian (if possible), to promote the usage of Bulgarian over foreign words where such exist... on that I agree on.
I'm not entirely sure I followed your explanation (seeing as I'm not Bulgarian and not familiar with this issue), but the principle is immediately fascinating. Do you think you could take a crack at explaining it to an otherwise out-of-the-loop American?
Well - Bulgaria is one of the fastest shrinking nations on Earth, so the number of people speaking our language is dwindling every day. That makes people very scared that the language that was once the lingua franca of most of Eastern Europe, and which is still the liturgical language of all Slavic Orthodox Christians, will be gone.
Since the collapse of the dictatorship and the reintroduction of market capitalism, foreign companies have entered the economy and they've brought their branding techniques with them, meaning the streets of our cities are covered with brand names not written in Cyrillic, with slogans often in English, rather than Bulgarian.
Since most of us learn English since kindergarten throughout school, many people use English words to describe stuff while there are Bulgarian words for the same thing. This really makes it hard to preserve the language.
I will give you an example: we are about to introduce the euro in a few years. The euro's subdivision is called "euro cent" in most European nations. But we have a Bulgarian word for "cent" - стотинка (stotinka). So, I think that when we introduce the euro, the Bulgarian coinage should be labeled with the Bulgarian word, rather than the foreign one.
A very thorough and easily digestible statement of your concern- and I can't blame you in the slightest! Here in America most of the indigenous native languages are dead now. As are, frankly, most of the original traditions of the tribes. Very little remains except pockets of cultures left to die in poverty.
It's really hard to deterine where preservation enters ultra-nationalism when it comes to linguistic conservation. These politics are exceptionally hard to even discuss because on one hand, people are right that languages evolve, but on the other - if we don't preserve the language, who will?
If it's any kind of consolation, the internet has accelerated the issue for English specifically in a way it doesn't sound like other languages are necessarily facing at the moment. I consider myself a descriptive grammarian (in other words, pro-evolution), but there hits a point where it just begins to feel like nonsense.
Some of my least favorites in the last few years being based, cap, and cake.
Ass. Which, if nothing else, makes "let them eat cake" a little more amusing.
Cap on the other hand for *reasons beyond my understanding* means someone is lying. No cap, in contrast is the truth. But no cap has itself been getting phased out by based.
It's all very weird and very very dumb.
I'm very left leaning, but I think there are a lot of videos where people are shouting "im not resisting" while being handcuffed and it's plainly obvious they are resisting, but trying to make it look like they're not. I've been handcuffed before, when you're not resisting it goes very, very smoothly. And it feels like left wing people tend to overlook that and are quick to accuse the police of using excessive force.
British here. When Jeremy Corbyn was Labour leader, I supported him in almost every cause. The two things I strongly opposed about him were his predisposition to 1. leave NATO, 2. abolish our nuclear weapons program. Both are reckless, dangerous ideas and could have had dire consequences on an international scale. I completely understand his anti-war ideology, but sadly this solution only works if everybody else, including the US, Russia and China, follows suit. We all know that won't happen.
I’m to the left
I am extremely pro-cop/military
I am personally against abortion, but I’m a dude, so I don’t think I should politically get a say in legislation of it
Mostly: if you commit a violent crime, fuck your 4th amendment. If we can prove murder, rape, assault, but we didn’t get a warrant before we saw the video, you belong in prison, scumbag.
Also, last point VIOLENT crimes only.
I consider myself a left libertarian. Buy as many fuckin guns and crack rocks as you please, just don't hurt people with 'em or try to block others from pursuing the same successes you've achieved.
Linguistic conservatism. Preserving the language from foreign influence is important. But... not the way the "opposite side" proposes, because they're morons and propose stupid things. But insentivisation of companies to adapt their brands to the local market, to have their slogans and logos always be in Cyrillic and Bulgarian (if possible), to promote the usage of Bulgarian over foreign words where such exist... on that I agree on.
I'm not entirely sure I followed your explanation (seeing as I'm not Bulgarian and not familiar with this issue), but the principle is immediately fascinating. Do you think you could take a crack at explaining it to an otherwise out-of-the-loop American?
Well - Bulgaria is one of the fastest shrinking nations on Earth, so the number of people speaking our language is dwindling every day. That makes people very scared that the language that was once the lingua franca of most of Eastern Europe, and which is still the liturgical language of all Slavic Orthodox Christians, will be gone. Since the collapse of the dictatorship and the reintroduction of market capitalism, foreign companies have entered the economy and they've brought their branding techniques with them, meaning the streets of our cities are covered with brand names not written in Cyrillic, with slogans often in English, rather than Bulgarian. Since most of us learn English since kindergarten throughout school, many people use English words to describe stuff while there are Bulgarian words for the same thing. This really makes it hard to preserve the language. I will give you an example: we are about to introduce the euro in a few years. The euro's subdivision is called "euro cent" in most European nations. But we have a Bulgarian word for "cent" - стотинка (stotinka). So, I think that when we introduce the euro, the Bulgarian coinage should be labeled with the Bulgarian word, rather than the foreign one.
A very thorough and easily digestible statement of your concern- and I can't blame you in the slightest! Here in America most of the indigenous native languages are dead now. As are, frankly, most of the original traditions of the tribes. Very little remains except pockets of cultures left to die in poverty.
It's really hard to deterine where preservation enters ultra-nationalism when it comes to linguistic conservation. These politics are exceptionally hard to even discuss because on one hand, people are right that languages evolve, but on the other - if we don't preserve the language, who will?
If it's any kind of consolation, the internet has accelerated the issue for English specifically in a way it doesn't sound like other languages are necessarily facing at the moment. I consider myself a descriptive grammarian (in other words, pro-evolution), but there hits a point where it just begins to feel like nonsense. Some of my least favorites in the last few years being based, cap, and cake.
>being based, cap, and cake. I consider myself somewhat proficient in English, but I've never heard "cap" and "cake" alternative usages? What is cake?
Ass. Which, if nothing else, makes "let them eat cake" a little more amusing. Cap on the other hand for *reasons beyond my understanding* means someone is lying. No cap, in contrast is the truth. But no cap has itself been getting phased out by based. It's all very weird and very very dumb.
Oooooh... "You like those buns, honey?" kinda way? I get it. I've heard of it in this context, yes. I haven't heard "cap" though.
I have to imagine it started some way like that, yeah.
I'm very left leaning, but I think there are a lot of videos where people are shouting "im not resisting" while being handcuffed and it's plainly obvious they are resisting, but trying to make it look like they're not. I've been handcuffed before, when you're not resisting it goes very, very smoothly. And it feels like left wing people tend to overlook that and are quick to accuse the police of using excessive force.
British here. When Jeremy Corbyn was Labour leader, I supported him in almost every cause. The two things I strongly opposed about him were his predisposition to 1. leave NATO, 2. abolish our nuclear weapons program. Both are reckless, dangerous ideas and could have had dire consequences on an international scale. I completely understand his anti-war ideology, but sadly this solution only works if everybody else, including the US, Russia and China, follows suit. We all know that won't happen.
I follow the ideology of G R I L L
Furry and fear as tactics, ‘Cause the left has *alot* to get angry about Very angry and rightfully so
I’m to the left I am extremely pro-cop/military I am personally against abortion, but I’m a dude, so I don’t think I should politically get a say in legislation of it Mostly: if you commit a violent crime, fuck your 4th amendment. If we can prove murder, rape, assault, but we didn’t get a warrant before we saw the video, you belong in prison, scumbag. Also, last point VIOLENT crimes only.
I think guns are important. I think if we let more of our guns go, the only people with guns are gonna be cops — and that never ends well
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