What's the most political colour? (lemmy.nz)

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Julius Caesar was assassinated for wearing red boots. Barrack Obama was lambasted for wearing a tan suit. Purple is associated with royalty, white is associated with clergy, and gold is associated with superiority. Red and Blue have powerful meanings in America, and so does Green. Which colour is the most political in your opinion?

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[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Why not just say I ? It doesn’t make sense to go 3rd person

[+] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz -14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Drag is not going third person. Drag is using first person neopronouns. Drag is happy to teach you about grammar structures you're unfamiliar with. Drag prefers drag's pronouns over gender neutral pronouns like "I" because drag's gender is not neutral.

In Japan, there are multiple first person pronouns depending on the speaker's identity and indeed the specifics of their current social situation. Like watashi, boku, and ore. Drag is doing that.

[-] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago

Also in Japan, if someone refers to themself with their own name, that's seen as childish or arrogant.

If your first person pronoun is the same as someone referring to you in third person, then you are referring to yourself in third person every time you refer to yourself in first person. And since the idea of a first person neopronoun is exceedingly rare, most people will only think of you as speaking in the third person.

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