Tucker takes on gender pronoun crackdown supporter

WON'T THROW IT AWAY FOR THE SAKE OF MORE IMMIGRATION. LAWMAKERS IN CALIFORNIA HAVEN'T GOTTEN AROUND TO FIXING THE STATES IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR VANISHING MIDDLE CLASS BUT THEY ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANOTHER FIGHT REWRITING GRAMMAR. LAST WEEK THE CHAIR OF THE STATE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED THAT ONLY GENERAL NEUTRAL PRONOUNS WILL BE PERMITTED ON HER OR RATHER THEIR COMMITTEE. >> SO THAT WE ARE USING WHAT MY GRAMMAR TEACHER WOULD'VE HAD A HEART ATTACK OVER, WE ARE USING THE PHRASE "THEY." MY GRAMMAR TEACHER IS LONG GONE AND I WON'T BE HEARING FROM HER. FROM THEM! EXACTLY. FROM THEY! >> Tucker: JASON NICHOLS IS A FREQUENT GUEST ON THIS SHOW, THEY WILL JOIN US NOW. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'M REALLY STRUCK, THIS IS A FUNCTION OF HUMAN NATURE BUT THE LEFT IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO IT. ANY DUMB TREND THAT COMES ALONG IS ACCEPTED IMMEDIATELY AND MINDLESSLY BY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER. >> LIKE MAGA HATS? >> Tucker: THEY ARE CALLING FOR THE ELECTION OF A SPECIFIC PERSON. ALL THE DUMB PEOPLE DECIDED PRONOUNS WERE BAD AND WE DECIDED TO GO ALONG WITH IT. >> I DON'T THINK THEY ARE SAYING PRONOUNS ARE BAD. THEY ARE SAYING YOU SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE WAY YOU CHOOSE TO BE REFERRED TO. SOMEONE WHO WAS A MAN WHO IDENTIFIES AS A MAN, WE CAN CALL THAT PERSON KEY. SOMEONE WHO IDENTIFIES AS A WOMAN, THAT PERSON CAN BE SHE. A PERSON WHO IS GENDER NONBINARY CAN BE THEY OR SHIM OR WHATEVER PRONOUN THEY CHOOSE. THIS BILL AND I CALL PEOPLE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE CALLED. I THINK THAT'S YOUR RIGHT. OUT OF RESPECT I GO ALONG WITH IT, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. THEY ARE SAYING YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE GENDER PRONOUNS. THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT. >> I FIND THAT PROBLEMATIC. I BELIEVE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE CALLED. >> Tucker: THERE'S A PROBLEM HERE, THIS IS A CALIFORNIA. MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE SPEAK SPANISH AT HOME, SPANISH IS A GENDERED LANGUAGE. THAT MEANS IT IS STRUCTURALLY TRANSPHOBIC. WILL THEY ALLOW SPANISH TO BE SPOKEN, A GENDERED LANGUAGE IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM? >> THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS LATINO LATINA, AND LATIN X. >> Tucker: THAT'S ENGLISH, THAT'S HOW ENGLISH SPEAKERS DESCRIBE IT BUT THERE'S NO EFFORT TO IMPOSE THESE LUDICROUS RULES ON SPANISH. WHY NOT CALL CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA ASKED? IF WE ARE MEANING CONSISTENT. IF >> CALIFORNIA CAN'T CHOOSE. >> Tucker: THEY'RE NOT LEADING US CHOOSE. IF YOU SAID I WOULD REALLY LIKE YOU TO CALL ME THIS OUT OF POLITENESS AND DECENCY WHICH I SINCERELY BELIEVE IN, I WILL. THEY ARE FORCING PEOPLE TO SAY SOMETHING STUPID -- SHOULDN'T THAT BE THE POINT WHERE THE REST OF US SAY I'M NOT PLAYING ALONG? >> YOUR CALLING IT STUPID. I DON'T THINK IT'S STUPID TO SAY -- THERE ARE PEOPLE MANY YEARS AGO WHO SAID HIS NAME WAS CASH'S CLAY, WE AREN'T GOING TO CALL HIM MUHAMMAD ALI, THAT'S STUPID. UP TO ME, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE CALLED WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE. >> Tucker: I'M FOR CALLING HIM MUHAMMAD ALI, BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE CALLED THAT. NO PROBLEM. THIS IS A COMMAND THAT REQUIRES PEOPLE TO REFER TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT ASKED TO BE CALLED THIS BY A PLURAL PRONOUN WHEN IT'S A SINGULAR PERSON. IT'S GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT, AWKWARD, IT'S DUMB, IT DOESN'T SERVE THE INTEREST OF ANYBODY AND IT APPLIES TO ALL OF US. >> LANGUAGES LIVING AND BREATHING IT CHANGES, IT SHIFTS. IF YOU LISTEN TO HOW PEOPLE TALK IN THE 1920s, THEY DON'T TALK -- THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH THE SAME WAY THEY SPEAK ENGLISH TODAY. >> Tucker: ISN'T THAT AN ORGANIC PROCESS? IS NOT BECAUSE A TERRIFIED BUREAUCRAT DECREES THAT YOU MUST SAY THIS. >> WE ARE IN AGREEMENT ABOUT DECREEING THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEAK ONE WAY OR USE A PARTICULAR PRONOUN FOR EVERYONE. I DON'T LIKE MANDATING THAT ALL. >> Tucker: VERY QUICKLY ASSESS THE RESPONSE. WE BOTH AGREE WITH THIS. WHY DON'T BOTH OF US NEXT TIME WE HEAR IT SAY NO, I'M NOT PLAYING ALONG WITH YOUR FANTASY, LEAVE ME ALONE. ARE YOU AFRAID TO DO THAT? >> IF I WERE THERE I WOULD SAY I WILL PREFER KEY. I WILL CALL SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE CALLED SAY OR WHATEVER PRONOUN YOU CHOOSE. >> Tucker: SHIR? >> THAT'S ANOTHER ONE, NOT QUITE AS POPULAR. >> Tucker: I JUST DON'T THINK

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Length: 5min 30sec (330 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 22 2019