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  It seems like she’s got her smokey eye on the priorities of the state.
context: Im sure now that this has been taken care of getting Arkansas' education system out of the gutter will be her next priority. >
  
  Sigh…I’m 40 years old with 2 kids and have been taking 2 classes per term for 7 years now year round without stopping to become a high school history teacher. I unfortunately live in AR. I graduate in June and will be moving out of state to find a job. I just can’t stay under this as much as I feel like the state needs teachers who will fight this ignorance. But I have to think about how I want my kids raised and AR education is not it. These asshats  act like they own words and they don’t. But in a weird way they do. We have to fight this like the culture war that it is. But AR is ground semi zero for this hateful, uneducated intolerance >
  
  Please don’t go to Florida!  I just left with my 11- and 8- year olds for the same mess in the school. >
  
  Never!! Literally the last state I’d ever go to. I don’t even travel to Florida cause well…Fuck Florida >
  
  Fuck Florida. >
  
  Was Latinx actually on the government documents, or is this one of those "the problem doesn't exist but we're fixing it because we're desperate to look like we're fighting the woke" things? >
  
  I actually just filled out a government form with Latinx as an identifier. 
  Aside from that I doubt its on anything. >
  
  In Arkansas? >
  
  No sorry not specifically in Arkansas I cant speak to that. It was just the first time I had seen it ever on like an official document, I was surprised to see it. >
  
  My Latino friend thought it was pronounced Lahtinks and it was the best thing ever. he hates the term, and then hated it more when I told him how to say it properly. >
  
  I actually thought the same thing and for some reason Latin X is like twice as bad as Latinks to me >
  
  It really is :) I ended up getting my friend a shot and kept laughing and he just got more annoyed!
  Seriously, I'm on the left, but we gotta take an L on this one. It's a dumb term and will never catch on. >
  
  One suggestion for replacing Latinx with another, more pleasant-sounding gender-neutral term was 'Latine' pronouned lah-teen. I too read Latinx as 'lah-tinks' which rhymes with sinks, inks, and stinks. Were most people of Latin descent really clamoring to replace 'Latino' or 'Latina'? Some have suggested that the term was pushed more by white academics than the Latin community itself. >
  
  Genuinely curious... Why does it not work to just use 'Latin'? >
  
  Good point. 'Latin' would be another alternative for a more euphonous and less contentious gender-neutral term. >
  
  Great news!  That must mean she has solved Arkansas' other big problems if she is attending to trivia like this, right?
  The five states with the highest poverty rates are:
  
  Mississippi - 19.6%
  Louisiana - 19.0%
  New Mexico - 18.2%
  Kentucky - 16.3%
  Arkansas - 16.2%
  
  Arkansas is 48th out of the 50 states for infant mortality.   I guess they thank god for Louisiana and Mississippi for keeping them from the bottom.
  I could probably go on, but you get the idea. >
  
  Wait that was just getting good. Please do go on🤣 >
  
  Wow, somehow I had actually missed that people were crazy enough to elect her to public office.  The sheer number of things we've seen this woman confidently lie about is overwhelming.  Great choice, Arkansas. Sure it'll work out just fine.
  That being said, "Latinx" was always dumb. I don't think I've ever met someone who chose to identify that way. >
  
  The majority of Latinos don't seem to like it, but it wasn't coined by "woke white liberals", it was coined by gender queer Latinos looking for a more inclusive term. Conservatives have gotten a lot of traction out of the incorrect narrative. One of the few winning (outside the GOP base) culture war issues they've run on. >
  
  "Latinx" is easy to attack because it's just awkward to say. Like, what's the plural? Latinxes? >
  
  Well, if you want to go Greek with it, I think it'd be Latinces. >
  
  Or Latinges. >
  
  Balls, it's been too long and I really don't remember (if I ever knew it in the first place, that is), but isn't ~ges the Latin plural rather than the Greek?
  On the other hand, I do prefer Latinges: there's something rather delightful about its sound. >
  
  Beats me. I just looked up sphinx and the plural can be sphinxes or sphinges. >
  
  Ha! I love, "Sphinges" I am so going to use, "one sphinx, two sphinges," at some point. It's bloody marvellous.
  However, as Pratchett educated us, we all know it's one Spink, two Spinks. >
  
  I see she is spending time on the important things that will improve the lives of the citizens in Arkansas. /s >
  
  Day of the Uvalde shooting and her victory speech after winning the primary, she decides to turn the school shooting into talk of banning abortion:
  “I can assure you that in my administration, that’s exactly what we will do. We will make sure that when a kid is in the womb, they’re as safe as they are in the classroom, the workplace, the nursing home, because every stage of life has value.” 
  Two favorite targets of mass shooters? Classrooms and workplaces. >
  
  As safe as they are in the classroom may be good news for pro-choice people >
  
  
  As safe as they are in the classroom may be good news 
  
  Satire.
  
  for pro-choice people
  
  Culture War Attack. >
  
  By God she did, she fixed the 1, only, singular thing wrong with Arkansas... >
  
  Yea she should focus on gas stoves. >
  
  Pretty sure fossil fuel emissions are kind of a big fucking deal >
  
  Pretty sure they are claiming to ban for medical reasons. >
  
  I also think increased rates of respiratory diseases are a pretty valid reason >
  
  So you are against Marijuana legalization?  The weed industry causes way more fossil fuel emissions than gas stoves and health risks are more significant.  Propane torches used for dabs should also be banned correct? >
  
  
  So you are against Marijuana legalization?
  
  Nope >
  
  Of course not and neither am I. >
  
  Haven't Latino people generally made it clear they don't want to use "Latinx" anyways? I appreciate that desire to be more inclusive but I feel like the only people pushing that were virtue signaling white people. lol >
  
  Because you'd be correct.
  But that's not important here.  If a republican says it, it's bad. >
  
  Teaching Arkansas how to read: Tired
  Banning Arkansas from using words: Wired >
  
  Arkansas picked her for her name only I suspect. She did nothing while in Washington to prove she deserves this job. Not sure why but it seems many in the USA care less about qualifications until it is time to complain >
  
  Ummm.. they picked her because the letter following her last name on the ballot.
  You made your bed, Arkansas.  Enjoy >
  
  Yeah….. because that’s a top priority to fix the shit that Arkansas has become…. >
  
  Surely this will help everyone in Arkansas! >
  
  That will save Arkansas for sure! >
  
  Fun fact that I learned back in my high school Spanish class: although it’s not super common anymore, the Spanish language has a gender-neutral form of Latino/a; where Latino is masculine and Latina is feminine, the gender-neutral form is Latine >
  
  Latine and Latinx are both neologisms, but Latine was invented in South America while Latinx was invented in Puerto Rico. Latinx is really only used in the US which makes people mistakenly think that white English speakers invented it. >
  
  In English, wouldn’t the word just be Latin? As in, definitionally, relating to the countries or peoples using languages, especially Spanish, that developed from Latin. >
  
  Latin American >
  
  Arkansas seems to have all sorts of problems that states like California don’t. Why was Arkansas so hooked on this clunky term? >
  
  The GQP Platform: “We’re fixing all the problems that didn’t exist but we assured you they existed so we could scare you into voting for us!” >
  
  I mean... it was foolish how many people tried to force it as a general thing since it was created and used by only Puerto Ricans but a bunch of people treat latin american groups as indistinguishable from eachother, but this is dumber >
  
  “Ethnically insensitive and pejorative language has no place in official government documents or government employee titles,” Sanders’ executive order states. “The government has a responsibility to respect its citizens and use ethnically appropriate language, particularly when referring to ethnic minorities.” >
  
  They're so.... Fragile   out there. >
  
  She's not even part of our group. Is she going to tell us no one can say black? >
  
  FUCK NEW YORK POST
  We need to stop rewarding these murdoch propaganda outlets with upvotes, for a clickbait headline.  
  They still fully support every traitor GOP member, including that revolting ratbag. >
  
  There must not be a lot of work to do in Arkansas politics. >
  
  Daughter of the preacher - how thoughtful and caring. >
  
  Mega Man X can't be latin? >
  
  Mega Man X is a robot built in Colorado by Dr. Thomas Light, whose surname is English in origin, but the character lacks that much background detail to rule it out. >
  
  Good thing the GOP is focused on top priorities. Tell me, where does Arkansas rank in education, employment, housing, etc? >
  
  "All show and no go" right out of the gate.  I'm sure there are bigger more pressing issues.  Typical republican. >
  
  Looks like doughnuts are def not banned. >
  
  Thank God, as a MexAm I’ve never understood LatinX. Course I understand how that could be a pressing concern in Arkansas and its 8% Latino/Hispanic population. With that taken care of they can get down to other Culture War issues, and avoid actually getting anything done. >
  
  Party of small government… >
  
  Why is this liar a governor? >
  
  That seems like a high priority for a state with one of the lowest per capita incomes and life expectancy in the union. >
  
  Oh eww I forgot she's Gov, on what qualifications? Being a lying trash person? >
  
  That was in the job description, yes. Also, "Must waste time on owning woke libs." >
  
  Governor?
  ​
  What the fuck are you doing America? >
  
  We’ve been fucked. >
  
  Wow! The Republicans are really rolling up their sleeves to work on improving the lives of the American people. >
  
  What a silly and useless politician >
  
  Huckabee family values...  Corrupt to the core. >
  
  Can we be honest with ourselves for a second? Does anyone you know that's from latin countries use the term Latinx? I know I don't and the majority of people from there hate the term Latinx. 
  Let's not pretend like latinx is a good term. >
  
  This is to slight the lgbt community. Some Young Latins do use it. As a gay Latin man in his 50s I don’t care for it myself but plenty of young lgbt folks do. >
  
  I guess I wouldn’t know as I don’t know anyone in that age range. Do you think it’s becoming akin to the youth these days using their pronouns more? >
  
  What do you mean by 'using their pronouns more'? >
  
  My guess is they mean "being aware of pronouns/changing pronouns/broadcasting what their pronouns are." >
  
  But not White Supremacistx. >
  
  I used that term in a Lucha Libre discussion and was told to get my Anglo of their Spanish. That it’s a gendered language like other Latin based ones and to not impose that on them. Quickly explained I’m French and currently sitting on my she-chair >
  
  
  I used that term in a Lucha Libre discussion and was told to get my Anglo of their Spanish.
  
  You should have told them "latinx" is an English word and to keep their Spanish out of your English. >
  
  wut? >
  
  Look. >
  
  Good! I'm glad to hear that they will be using the more accurate "Latine" that most actually Latin American activists prefer. 
  /s >
  
  Is that southern slang for you can’t marry your sister? >
  
  I forgot this fool became a governor. >
  
  republicans are like if a company hires someone to come in and work on managing a database, but as soon as the new hire shows up they focus on trying to clean Messy Todd's desk. Messy Todd is in the far back of the office and nobody really interacts with him but some people who walk by are bugged by the amount of clutter on his desk they see through the window. 
  so the new hire is spending all their energy trying to pester Messy Todd to clean up and a small number of other workers are cheering them on and really happy with this new crusade in cleanliness but the rest of the sane workers are watching the database fall a part and output is suffering and are like 'hey... so this shit will break pretty soon, maybe some prioritization is in order' >
  
  Someone explain to me why Latinos keep voting for republicans. >
  
  Some of them hate abortion, gay, and other BIPOC groups. Most of us don't vote Republican though. >
  
  What a colossal waste of energy. 
  Does anyone even use that term anyway? >
  
  Now when is she going to fix the roads and bridges? Zimbabwe has better infrastructure than Arkansas. >
  
  BANS! The Hallmark of fascism! >
  
  Good for her really doing useful things with her government salary ffs >
  
  Oh look, identity politics. The only thing Republicans have to offer. >
  
  Red states always focusing on the important stuff. >
  
  Uh. First Amendment? >
  
  You and your dad can go fuck yourselves >
  
  Okay, so can we ban fat-faced and stupid while we're at it? >
  
  Seems like a good use of their time. /s >
  
  We didn't use or like that word anyway lol >
  
  arkansas actually has documents? >
  
  Now ban yourself for being a traitorx, ya fug faced goblinx >
  
  Republicans are busy fixing things that really matter. >
  
  This is just an example of the policies she is implementing that will substantially benefit the citizens of Arkansas in such a tangible, meaningful way. They can wake up tomorrow knowing their lives are much safer, prosperous and productive now that they won’t have to read “Latinx”’in any official documents. Thank God the citizens of the great state of Arkansas elected such a strong, powerful, yet thoughtful leader like Gov. Huckabee. With her at the helm they can all be assured their lives will no longer be torn apart by the travesty of using that terminology. >
  
  There's so much other important shit happening in our country and the toad chooses this? >
  
  Privileged. >
  
  I’m trying to understand something, do people really sit around thinking that removing something off of a form would enhance their life in some way? >
  
  As if this is the most pressing problem facing Arkansas. >
  
  First, this woman is a cow. 
  But more importantly, isn’t “Latin” the gender neutral term for Latina or Latino? Why did whoever came up with the term feel the need to create a new word? >
  
  In Spanish at the very least, Latino is gender-neutral (eg. “Latinos are very common in this town.”) Latino can serve as both male and gender neutral, while Latina is female. >
  
  Finally taking on the big issues that effect her constituents across the poor state of Arkansas >
  
  Fighting the real fight. >
  
  How damning of America and Americans that someone who is primarily known for blatantly and persistently lying to the American people can then get elected Governor of a State. 
  I'm so ashamed at being an American right now. >
  
  Her next  move- criminalize compassion for people of color. >
  
  Careful with that, I'm sure there's some obscure outdated shit on the books she could drag out again. >
  
  You mean the term that hardly anyone uses anymore because Latinos literally hate it?
  Glad these important issues are being addressed Sarah. >
  
  White people love to tell others what Latinos hate. 
  The vast majority of Latinos don’t give a fuck about this manufactured controversy. >
  
  Not a big SHS fan but seems like nearly everyone openly hates the term “Latinx.” >
  
  False, many still like it/prefer it. I do not (I’m of Mexican heritage). But it is still a thing among significant numbers of people. >
  
  Just remember repeated calls and op-eds from a number of Hispanic voter interest groups during the presidential primaries asking the DNC to stop using it and they were basically like “nah - we’re going to use it.” >
  
  Yea it’s weird. Some people love it. I do overall agree with you in that I think more people don’t like it than do. Of course, likely a majority of people don’t care. >
  
  Latinx is annoying. >
  
  Most of the people either couldn’t pronounce it or spell it.  Great education system Arkansas.   Next up, the word “science” and the number “3”. >
  
  Getting down to the real work /s
  What a clown >
  
  Censorship >
  
  Virtue signaling >
  
  Really fighting that good fight and tackling the big issues there, Sarah >
  
  So the biggest trumphumping liar in the world is also a racist b*tch. Color me surprised. >
  
  She’s the fucking governor? >
  
  Sadly, yes. She was elected in November with over 60% of the vote. 
  Sanders was inaugurated yesterday. Based on her documented daily lying on Trump’s behalf for two years, it was a safe bet that she’d start peddling rightist horseshit straight away. >
  
  If you live in the state good luck and Godspeed. >
  
  Sick of these assholes kowtowing to racist elements. They're not accomplishing anything for the benefit of people who live there. >
  
  Braindead reactionary Kulturkampf for gullible morons. >
  
  As a Mexican... I forgot Arkansas existed.
  I'm going to forget it existed again. >
  
  Lucky you >
  
  Joke's on her: Latinx isn't even a thing anymore.  What next Sarah? Banning rotary phones from government buildings? >
  
  Nah bring back the red emergency phones >
  
  Good. Why that term was even created is beyond me. 
  Edit: I see mine is an unpopular opinion, and I accept that. But I have never heard anyone use this term in real life from the Hispanic community and if anyone read the article, apparently the term is hardly used by the community as well. It feels more of a word created and pushed down to start using to describe the Hispanic community then a term they chose to use to be called for an issue society has chosen to generate. >
  
  The term is unnecessary in casual social contexts.
  It is equally unnecessary to go out of your way to ban it. >
  
  Idk how unpopular this opinion is, but…good >
  
  
  “One can no more easily remove gender from Spanish and other romance languages than one can remove vowels and verbs from English,” the executive order states.
  
  It ain't right t' axe vowels 'n verbs from English. Ain't it? >
  
  Most people already didn’t like that word, but now it’s gonna get more popular, good one S. >
  
  It seems like she’s got her smokey eye on the priorities of the state. >
  
  I'm pretty sure no one uses that term in official documents anyway. Not mention Latinos hate the term. >
  
  Damnit I hate when the GOP is actually right >
  
  Holy shit! That fixed EVERYTHING. >
  
  She’s an inspiration to ugly people everywhere for managing to get elected >
  
  Thank god she’s focusing on the important things. >
  
  Republicans are tumbling all over themselves in the 'who can be the most racist' sweepstakes. >
  
  LoOk >
  
  Ah, tackling the important issues first I see. >
  
  Arkansas is one of the top 5 most abhorrent states in the nation.
  And they vote in people worried about "Latinx" >
  
  Well that should solve all of the problems the state has. >
  
  Super helping all the impoverished people in her state. /s >
  
  Wow they do tackle the important issues, don’t they? >
  
  If she gets rid of “ wild eyed” or “ hillbilly “ then she is out >
  
  Utterly useless. >
  
  I still don't get which morons saw this woman 'perform' under Trump, and think: she should be governing millions of people! >
  
  "... justified the ban of the word “Latinx” in government documents and name titles by citing a Pew Research poll that found only 3% of American Latinos and Hispanics used the term to describe themselves."
  97% don't use this so it needs to be banned... >
  
  I'd double the amount of times it's on the documents lol >
  
  Whew. Thank goodness American legislators are taking care of the real important parts of governing like make sure documents aren't woke. >
  
  Fucking Arkansas >
  
  You shall not be allowed to utter anything other than the political orthodoxy of the Party. Any attempt to do so shall be silenced and your books banned.
  You are not allowed to choose your own identity as personal identity will be dictated to you by the Party.
  This is Freedom of Speech as the Republican Party defines it, which is the only correct way. >
  
  All a bunch a look over here bullshit to get morons angry while they pillage and sabotage any attempts at controlling criminal capitalists >
  
  How is someone who so completely disgraced herself a governor?! >
  
  Phew! I was scared she was going to fix the roads or fund rural hospitals. >
  
  Remember when she was the #2 liar? >
  
  Governor hillbilly already addressing the big concerns and topics.  /s >
  
  Oh Wow! That has to be one of the greatest accomplishments in history of any governor! >
  
  pretty sure if i told one of my boriqua friends they are latinx, they'd wanna fight me, so yeah, it is what it is...it's not a big blow to "wokeness" these dorks think it is >
  
  was it on like, 3 documents? No one even uses that term really. This just seems like another manufactured outrage type thing >
  
  Worrying about what words are used instead of fixing all the other problems in the world feels a lot like Nero fiddling on the roof while Rome burns. >
  
  We all know which derogatory terms she wants to use for them instead if she were allowed to. >
  
  How did this Yahoo even get elected.... >
  
  Lexiconal imperialism >
  
  Dis shit so stupid >
  
  that is a tactic lazier than her eye >
  
  Pretty sure there weren't that many documents about Lantix in a shitty state like Arkansas anyways...
  Typical zero impact performance BS for the Fox crowd >
  
  The party of free speech and small government strikes again, banning free speech by increasing the power of government. >
  
  Well. Someone’s off to a good start. >
  
  The truly important battles of our times - words. >
  
  Howdy Arabia's new Queen of Mean- Gov Sarah Suckabee Slanders. Christ on a cracker this country is fucked. >
  
  I don’t miss seeing her lying every day on tv. Arkansans get what they chose. >
  
  Do Kleenex next. >
  
  With all the other batshit crazy stuff that’s been going on, I somehow either completely missed (or completely forgot) this horrible human runs an entire state now, and it makes me irrationally angry. >
  
  No. >
  
  She has nothing better to do?! >
  
  Ban her saggynex. Does that rhyme with Latinx? Or does Latinx rhyme with sphinx? >
  
  Imagine if the GOP gave a fiddler's fart about peoples' actual problems instead of culture war grievance bullshit. >
  
  So you could say she canceled it? >
  
  No one in Arkansas is literate, so what's the point? >
  
  And what did this solve exactly? Nothing of course. >
  
  Free Speech Warrior, that one. >
  
  Latinos actually hate Latinx. It was created, and is used exclusively, by college professors. >
  
  It’s used by queer Hispanic people. Not just college professors. >
  
  Cram it windbag.  Fix the actual problems facing the state. >
  
  Im sure now that this has been taken care of getting Arkansas' education system out of the gutter will be her next priority. >
  
  Sigh…I’m 40 years old with 2 kids and have been taking 2 classes per term for 7 years now year round without stopping to become a high school history teacher. I unfortunately live in AR. I graduate in June and will be moving out of state to find a job. I just can’t stay under this as much as I feel like the state needs teachers who will fight this ignorance. But I have to think about how I want my kids raised and AR education is not it. These asshats  act like they own words and they don’t. But in a weird way they do. We have to fight this like the culture war that it is. But AR is ground semi zero for this hateful, uneducated intolerance >
  
  Please don’t go to Florida!  I just left with my 11- and 8- year olds for the same mess in the school. >
  
  Never!! Literally the last state I’d ever go to. I don’t even travel to Florida cause well…Fuck Florida >
  
  Fuck Florida. >
  
  I actually just filled out a government form with Latinx as an identifier. 
  Aside from that I doubt its on anything. >
  
  In Arkansas? >
  
  No sorry not specifically in Arkansas I cant speak to that. It was just the first time I had seen it ever on like an official document, I was surprised to see it. >
  
  My Latino friend thought it was pronounced Lahtinks and it was the best thing ever. he hates the term, and then hated it more when I told him how to say it properly. >
  
  I actually thought the same thing and for some reason Latin X is like twice as bad as Latinks to me >
  
  It really is :) I ended up getting my friend a shot and kept laughing and he just got more annoyed!
  Seriously, I'm on the left, but we gotta take an L on this one. It's a dumb term and will never catch on. >
  
  One suggestion for replacing Latinx with another, more pleasant-sounding gender-neutral term was 'Latine' pronouned lah-teen. I too read Latinx as 'lah-tinks' which rhymes with sinks, inks, and stinks. Were most people of Latin descent really clamoring to replace 'Latino' or 'Latina'? Some have suggested that the term was pushed more by white academics than the Latin community itself. >
  
  Genuinely curious... Why does it not work to just use 'Latin'? >
  
  Good point. 'Latin' would be another alternative for a more euphonous and less contentious gender-neutral term. >
  
  Great news!  That must mean she has solved Arkansas' other big problems if she is attending to trivia like this, right?
  The five states with the highest poverty rates are:
  
  Mississippi - 19.6%
  Louisiana - 19.0%
  New Mexico - 18.2%
  Kentucky - 16.3%
  Arkansas - 16.2%
  
  Arkansas is 48th out of the 50 states for infant mortality.   I guess they thank god for Louisiana and Mississippi for keeping them from the bottom.
  I could probably go on, but you get the idea. >
  
  Wait that was just getting good. Please do go on🤣 >
  
  Wow, somehow I had actually missed that people were crazy enough to elect her to public office.  The sheer number of things we've seen this woman confidently lie about is overwhelming.  Great choice, Arkansas. Sure it'll work out just fine.
  That being said, "Latinx" was always dumb. I don't think I've ever met someone who chose to identify that way. >
  
  The majority of Latinos don't seem to like it, but it wasn't coined by "woke white liberals", it was coined by gender queer Latinos looking for a more inclusive term. Conservatives have gotten a lot of traction out of the incorrect narrative. One of the few winning (outside the GOP base) culture war issues they've run on. >
  
  "Latinx" is easy to attack because it's just awkward to say. Like, what's the plural? Latinxes? >
  
  Well, if you want to go Greek with it, I think it'd be Latinces. >
  
  Or Latinges. >
  
  Balls, it's been too long and I really don't remember (if I ever knew it in the first place, that is), but isn't ~ges the Latin plural rather than the Greek?
  On the other hand, I do prefer Latinges: there's something rather delightful about its sound. >
  
  Beats me. I just looked up sphinx and the plural can be sphinxes or sphinges. >
  
  Ha! I love, "Sphinges" I am so going to use, "one sphinx, two sphinges," at some point. It's bloody marvellous.
  However, as Pratchett educated us, we all know it's one Spink, two Spinks. >
  
  I see she is spending time on the important things that will improve the lives of the citizens in Arkansas. /s >
  
  Day of the Uvalde shooting and her victory speech after winning the primary, she decides to turn the school shooting into talk of banning abortion:
  “I can assure you that in my administration, that’s exactly what we will do. We will make sure that when a kid is in the womb, they’re as safe as they are in the classroom, the workplace, the nursing home, because every stage of life has value.” 
  Two favorite targets of mass shooters? Classrooms and workplaces. >
  
  As safe as they are in the classroom may be good news for pro-choice people >
  
  
  As safe as they are in the classroom may be good news 
  
  Satire.
  
  for pro-choice people
  
  Culture War Attack. >
  
  By God she did, she fixed the 1, only, singular thing wrong with Arkansas... >
  
  Yea she should focus on gas stoves. >
  
  Pretty sure fossil fuel emissions are kind of a big fucking deal >
  
  Pretty sure they are claiming to ban for medical reasons. >
  
  I also think increased rates of respiratory diseases are a pretty valid reason >
  
  So you are against Marijuana legalization?  The weed industry causes way more fossil fuel emissions than gas stoves and health risks are more significant.  Propane torches used for dabs should also be banned correct? >
  
  
  So you are against Marijuana legalization?
  
  Nope >
  
  Of course not and neither am I. >
  
  Teaching Arkansas how to read: Tired
  Banning Arkansas from using words: Wired >
  
  Yeah….. because that’s a top priority to fix the shit that Arkansas has become…. >
  
  Arkansas picked her for her name only I suspect. She did nothing while in Washington to prove she deserves this job. Not sure why but it seems many in the USA care less about qualifications until it is time to complain >
  
  Ummm.. they picked her because the letter following her last name on the ballot.
  You made your bed, Arkansas.  Enjoy >
  
  That will save Arkansas for sure! >
  
  Surely this will help everyone in Arkansas! >
  
  Fun fact that I learned back in my high school Spanish class: although it’s not super common anymore, the Spanish language has a gender-neutral form of Latino/a; where Latino is masculine and Latina is feminine, the gender-neutral form is Latine >
  
  Latine and Latinx are both neologisms, but Latine was invented in South America while Latinx was invented in Puerto Rico. Latinx is really only used in the US which makes people mistakenly think that white English speakers invented it. >
  
  In English, wouldn’t the word just be Latin? As in, definitionally, relating to the countries or peoples using languages, especially Spanish, that developed from Latin. >
  
  Latin American >
  
  Haven't Latino people generally made it clear they don't want to use "Latinx" anyways? I appreciate that desire to be more inclusive but I feel like the only people pushing that were virtue signaling white people. lol >
  
  Because you'd be correct.
  But that's not important here.  If a republican says it, it's bad. >
  
  Arkansas seems to have all sorts of problems that states like California don’t. Why was Arkansas so hooked on this clunky term? >
  
  The GQP Platform: “We’re fixing all the problems that didn’t exist but we assured you they existed so we could scare you into voting for us!” >
  
  I mean... it was foolish how many people tried to force it as a general thing since it was created and used by only Puerto Ricans but a bunch of people treat latin american groups as indistinguishable from eachother, but this is dumber >
  
  Wow! The Republicans are really rolling up their sleeves to work on improving the lives of the American people. >
  
  They're so.... Fragile   out there. >
  
  She's not even part of our group. Is she going to tell us no one can say black? >
  
  FUCK NEW YORK POST
  We need to stop rewarding these murdoch propaganda outlets with upvotes, for a clickbait headline.  
  They still fully support every traitor GOP member, including that revolting ratbag. >
  
  There must not be a lot of work to do in Arkansas politics. >
  
  Daughter of the preacher - how thoughtful and caring. >
  
  Mega Man X can't be latin? >
  
  Mega Man X is a robot built in Colorado by Dr. Thomas Light, whose surname is English in origin, but the character lacks that much background detail to rule it out. >
  
  Yeah there's a rich back story on the life of Dr. Light that's fun to think about and easily sink into head Canon.
  With thay said. Between Dr. ROBOTNIK Dr. Wily and Dr. Light and their skills of robotics. It's never expressed but to realise they know computer programing. >
  
  Good thing the GOP is focused on top priorities. Tell me, where does Arkansas rank in education, employment, housing, etc? >
  
  "All show and no go" right out of the gate.  I'm sure there are bigger more pressing issues.  Typical republican. >
  
  Looks like doughnuts are def not banned. >
  
  Thank God, as a MexAm I’ve never understood LatinX. Course I understand how that could be a pressing concern in Arkansas and its 8% Latino/Hispanic population. With that taken care of they can get down to other Culture War issues, and avoid actually getting anything done. >
  
  Party of small government… >
  
  Why is this liar a governor? >
  
  That seems like a high priority for a state with one of the lowest per capita incomes and life expectancy in the union. >
  
  Oh eww I forgot she's Gov, on what qualifications? Being a lying trash person? >
  
  That was in the job description, yes. Also, "Must waste time on owning woke libs." >
  
  Governor?
  ​
  What the fuck are you doing America? >
  
  We’ve been fucked. >
  
  There's so much other important shit happening in our country and the toad chooses this? >
  
  Privileged. >
  
  As if this is the most pressing problem facing Arkansas. >
  
  What a silly and useless politician >
  
  Huckabee family values...  Corrupt to the core. >
  
  Can we be honest with ourselves for a second? Does anyone you know that's from latin countries use the term Latinx? I know I don't and the majority of people from there hate the term Latinx. 
  Let's not pretend like latinx is a good term. >
  
  This is to slight the lgbt community. Some Young Latins do use it. As a gay Latin man in his 50s I don’t care for it myself but plenty of young lgbt folks do. >
  
  I guess I wouldn’t know as I don’t know anyone in that age range. Do you think it’s becoming akin to the youth these days using their pronouns more? >
  
  What do you mean by 'using their pronouns more'? >
  
  My guess is they mean "being aware of pronouns/changing pronouns/broadcasting what their pronouns are." >
  
  But not White Supremacistx. >
  
  I used that term in a Lucha Libre discussion and was told to get my Anglo of their Spanish. That it’s a gendered language like other Latin based ones and to not impose that on them. Quickly explained I’m French and currently sitting on my she-chair >
  
  
  I used that term in a Lucha Libre discussion and was told to get my Anglo of their Spanish.
  
  You should have told them "latinx" is an English word and to keep their Spanish out of your English. >
  
  wut? >
  
  Look. >
  
  Good! I'm glad to hear that they will be using the more accurate "Latine" that most actually Latin American activists prefer. 
  /s >
  
  Is that southern slang for you can’t marry your sister? >
  
  I forgot this fool became a governor. >
  
  republicans are like if a company hires someone to come in and work on managing a database, but as soon as the new hire shows up they focus on trying to clean Messy Todd's desk. Messy Todd is in the far back of the office and nobody really interacts with him but some people who walk by are bugged by the amount of clutter on his desk they see through the window. 
  so the new hire is spending all their energy trying to pester Messy Todd to clean up and a small number of other workers are cheering them on and really happy with this new crusade in cleanliness but the rest of the sane workers are watching the database fall a part and output is suffering and are like 'hey... so this shit will break pretty soon, maybe some prioritization is in order' >
  
  Someone explain to me why Latinos keep voting for republicans. >
  
  Some of them hate abortion, gay, and other BIPOC groups. Most of us don't vote Republican though. >
  
  What a colossal waste of energy. 
  Does anyone even use that term anyway? >
  
  Now when is she going to fix the roads and bridges? Zimbabwe has better infrastructure than Arkansas. >
  
  BANS! The Hallmark of fascism! >
  
  Good for her really doing useful things with her government salary ffs >
  
  Oh look, identity politics. The only thing Republicans have to offer. >
  
  Red states always focusing on the important stuff. >
  
  Uh. First Amendment? >
  
  You and your dad can go fuck yourselves >
  
  Okay, so can we ban fat-faced and stupid while we're at it? >
  
  Seems like a good use of their time. /s >
  
  We didn't use or like that word anyway lol >
  
  arkansas actually has documents? >
  
  Now ban yourself for being a traitorx, ya fug faced goblinx >
  
  Republicans are busy fixing things that really matter. >
  
  This is just an example of the policies she is implementing that will substantially benefit the citizens of Arkansas in such a tangible, meaningful way. They can wake up tomorrow knowing their lives are much safer, prosperous and productive now that they won’t have to read “Latinx”’in any official documents. Thank God the citizens of the great state of Arkansas elected such a strong, powerful, yet thoughtful leader like Gov. Huckabee. With her at the helm they can all be assured their lives will no longer be torn apart by the travesty of using that terminology. >
  
  I’m trying to understand something, do people really sit around thinking that removing something off of a form would enhance their life in some way? >
  
  First, this woman is a cow. 
  But more importantly, isn’t “Latin” the gender neutral term for Latina or Latino? Why did whoever came up with the term feel the need to create a new word? >
  
  In Spanish at the very least, Latino is gender-neutral (eg. “Latinos are very common in this town.”) Latino can serve as both male and gender neutral, while Latina is female. >
  
  That’s an excellent point! Although for the English speakers the whole concept of masculine/ feminine words (other than ships, for some reason) just escapes us. >
  
  Imagine if the GOP gave a fiddler's fart about peoples' actual problems instead of culture war grievance bullshit. >
  
  So you could say she canceled it? >
  
  Free Speech Warrior, that one. >
  
  Muh free speech >
  
  Finally taking on the big issues that effect her constituents across the poor state of Arkansas >
  
  Fighting the real fight. >
  
  How damning of America and Americans that someone who is primarily known for blatantly and persistently lying to the American people can then get elected Governor of a State. 
  I'm so ashamed at being an American right now. >
  
  Her next  move- criminalize compassion for people of color. >
  
  Careful with that, I'm sure there's some obscure outdated shit on the books she could drag out again. >
  
  You mean the term that hardly anyone uses anymore because Latinos literally hate it?
  Glad these important issues are being addressed Sarah. >
  
  White people love to tell others what Latinos hate. 
  The vast majority of Latinos don’t give a fuck about this manufactured controversy. >
  
  Not a big SHS fan but seems like nearly everyone openly hates the term “Latinx.” >
  
  False, many still like it/prefer it. I do not (I’m of Mexican heritage). But it is still a thing among significant numbers of people. >
  
  Just remember repeated calls and op-eds from a number of Hispanic voter interest groups during the presidential primaries asking the DNC to stop using it and they were basically like “nah - we’re going to use it.” >
  
  Yea it’s weird. Some people love it. I do overall agree with you in that I think more people don’t like it than do. Of course, likely a majority of people don’t care. >
  
  Latinx is annoying. >
  
  Most of the people either couldn’t pronounce it or spell it.  Great education system Arkansas.   Next up, the word “science” and the number “3”. >
  
  Getting down to the real work /s
  What a clown >
  
  Censorship >
  
  Virtue signaling >
  
  Really fighting that good fight and tackling the big issues there, Sarah >
  
  So the biggest trumphumping liar in the world is also a racist b*tch. Color me surprised. >
  
  She’s the fucking governor? >
  
  Sadly, yes. She was elected in November with over 60% of the vote. 
  Sanders was inaugurated yesterday. Based on her documented daily lying on Trump’s behalf for two years, it was a safe bet that she’d start peddling rightist horseshit straight away. >
  
  If you live in the state good luck and Godspeed. >
  
  Sick of these assholes kowtowing to racist elements. They're not accomplishing anything for the benefit of people who live there. >
  
  Braindead reactionary Kulturkampf for gullible morons. >
  
  As a Mexican... I forgot Arkansas existed.
  I'm going to forget it existed again. >
  
  Lucky you >
  
  Joke's on her: Latinx isn't even a thing anymore.  What next Sarah? Banning rotary phones from government buildings? >
  
  Nah bring back the red emergency phones >
  
  Good. Why that term was even created is beyond me. 
  Edit: I see mine is an unpopular opinion, and I accept that. But I have never heard anyone use this term in real life from the Hispanic community and if anyone read the article, apparently the term is hardly used by the community as well. It feels more of a word created and pushed down to start using to describe the Hispanic community then a term they chose to use to be called for an issue society has chosen to generate. >
  
  The term is unnecessary in casual social contexts.
  It is equally unnecessary to go out of your way to ban it. >
  
  Idk how unpopular this opinion is, but…good >
  
  
  “One can no more easily remove gender from Spanish and other romance languages than one can remove vowels and verbs from English,” the executive order states.
  
  It ain't right t' axe vowels 'n verbs from English. Ain't it?