Also, it’s worth asking why you conclude what you do about the speaker. It seems likely to me that it’s not an idiosyncrasy of yours, but rather that you are responding to connotations of the word “aberration” which are communicated by the second phrase… specifically connotations involving, not only the statistical likelihoods, but the perceived social value of people who are/aren’t straight.
I think this is only due to the fact that we’re both aware of political battles over homosexuality. I don’t read any disapproval of six-fingered people into SarahC’s comment below.
Are you suggesting that people with different political opinions should use different language to describe the same reality, or merely that they do?
I think this is only due to the fact that we’re both aware of political battles over homosexuality. I don’t read any disapproval of six-fingered people into SarahC’s comment below.
Are you suggesting that people with different political opinions should use different language to describe the same reality, or merely that they do?
Merely that they do.