Lawsuit against Williamsburg stores dress code

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  • #930839
    Mammele
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    Sorry for the confusion. I was being sarcastic, which if you follow my dialogue with Zdad I’m sure you’ll notice.

    But I’m glad somebody is finally getting defensive about this. And now I’m being genuine.

    #930840

    I can probably make a case for being the most liberal person who posts here with any regularity and I think that this lawsuit is a disaster that will waste money and accomplish nothing.

    #930841
    zahavasdad
    Participant

    I saw the text of the sign

    There is no way there is any merit to the case

    It says

    Dress Code for the Store

    No Shorts

    No Barefoot

    No Sleeveless

    No Low Cut Neckline

    Allowed in the Store

    It also has the rules in Spanish

    I cant even see how this is aimed at women

    #930842
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    Mammele: oops, my mistake

    No, Haifagirl’s mistake.

    flaunt

    1 : to display ostentatiously or

    impudently : parade <flaunting his

    superiority>

    2 : to treat contemptuously

    Untermeyer>

    Merriam-Webster

    #930843
    Mammele
    Participant

    Wow, you finally agree with me. We could have avoided some back and forth if my original link was allowed through. Oh well…

    #930844

    DY: Haifagirl was right. That Merriam Webster (and other dictionaries) decided to pander to illiterates and define flaunt incorrectly because a lot of unlettered people do is unconscionable. Their incorporation of the incorrect definition should not be cited as proof to anything.

    #930845
    chevron
    Member

    Well, what does the Oxford English Dictionary have to say about this word? That ought to settle this dispute one way or the other.

    #930846
    rebdoniel
    Member

    If any business didn’t want my business, I wouldn’t want to give it to them, just like I wouldn’t want to join any club that didn’t want me as a member.

    #930847

    Chevron, I’m glad you asked. Although I would still maintain my position no matter what the OED says.

    #930848
    Torah613Torah
    Participant

    VM: Don’t be so sure that you’re the most liberal poster here.

    DY: I think the dictionary mixed up flaunt with flout. One flouts the rules of modesty when flaunting accomplishments.

    #930849
    OneOfMany
    Participant

    DaasYochid: You didn’t read on:

    Some well-known writers mixed the two up, and since well-known writers are of course irreproachable, the word people decided to incorporate their malapropisms into canon. To which I say bahhhhhhhh.

    #930850
    OneOfMany
    Participant

    Well, what does the Oxford English Dictionary have to say about this word? That ought to settle this dispute one way or the other.

    snort. As IF.

    #930851

    Wait, so admitted mistakes are not mistakes if they are made by people who are otherwise good writers? That’s, well, that’s perverse.

    #930852
    Mammele
    Participant

    VW, I actually deferred to HG after checking the definition online. However, I must have seen it in print used in the wrong context numerous times for it to creep in, so much so that even after HG’s pun, I still didn’t realize that the joke is on me…

    Back to the discussion on hand: to clarify, the city is not — at least according to the quote I posted by the HR Commissioner– claiming that the signs are discriminatory against women. I was trying to refute some posters arguments to that effect. They’re actually claiming the shopkeepers are trying to force their religious beliefs on others, which is even more laughable.

    In other words everybody may have dress codes, except if done for religious reasons the motive poisons the pot. It’s the old mish-mash of Freedom FROM Religion, versus Freedom OF Religion. That’s where my joke about converting others comes into the picture. The only good thing about this is that the city is finally FLAUNTING its true colors.

    #930853
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    This is a famous debate, whether or not common usage of a word, even if its usage began in error, renders the word (or in this case, it’s usage for a certain meaning) legitimate. I pasken that it does.

    #930854
    Mammele
    Participant

    Thanks DY, for your psak. I’ll take it, but I don’t think I’ll risk using flaunt in this way again.

    And HG, I just noticed that in the post in question I also used “too” incorrectly. Just call me out on it and we’ll call it a day.

    #930855

    This england sounds like an interesting place. I’m wondering what happens if there is a class trip to a palace on the same day as a sports lesson. Do the boys come in shoes or slippers? What happens if they come late to school also???

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