Hercules actor Kevin Sorbo was roundly mocked over the weekend for not knowing what pronouns are.
“If CNN+ had pronouns they’d be was/were,” he wrote, referring to the video streaming service launched several weeks ago by the cable news channel. Warner Bros. announced that they will be shutting it down at the end of this month because the company wants to form a single streaming service for all of its properties.
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If CNN+ had pronouns they’d be was/were.
— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) April 23, 2022
Sorbo isn’t the first prominent conservative to not quite understand what pronouns are while making a joke about the LGBTQ practice of sharing one’s pronouns.
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“My preferred pronouns are: MA/GA,” Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) tweeted this past December, referring to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan “Make America Great Again.”
Earlier last year, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), another far-right member of Congress, was mocked for saying “My pronoun is ‘Patriot.’”
And Sorbo got mocked on Twitter for his claim that “was/were” are pronouns.
Those are called VERBS.
Y’all should really stop banning books.
— Manda Posthumously🦾🥦🏳️🌈 (@ShutUpAmanda) April 23, 2022
Much like your career!
— Daniel Summers, MD (@WFKARS) April 24, 2022
Let’s all take a moment to bask in Kevin Sorbo’s Herculean stupidity. https://t.co/efPRRqL3IT
— Bothering Conspiracy Theorists (@BTheorists) April 23, 2022
Those are verbs. Sure, keep banning books
— Joanne Collyer,RN (@Ethan727Joanne) April 23, 2022
How did your make it through grade school without understanding the difference between a verb and a pronoun?
— Jeff Dannenberg (@jecrda) April 23, 2022
These are verbs, actually.
— The Humanist Report (@HumanistReport) April 23, 2022
Those are past tense verbs, like when referring to your career.
— Jason Gancedo (@JasonGancedo) April 24, 2022
Your pronouns are unemployed/actor.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) April 23, 2022
Those are verbs you fucking moron
— Santiago Mayer 🌻 (@santiagomayer_) April 23, 2022
If Kevin Sorbo had a tagline, it would be “I don’t know the difference between a pronoun and a verb.”
— They Raise a Seagoat by the Seashore.🐐🧜🏽♀️🌊🐚 (@TraumaN4mdWitch) April 24, 2022
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