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Netflix Edits 'Bill Nye' Episode to Remove Segment Saying Chromosomes Determine Gender

posted by Fnord666 on Friday May 05 2017, @09:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the language-evolves-too dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

When uploaded to Netflix, an episode of the educational children's show "Bill Nye the Science Guy" cut out a segment saying that chromosomes determine one's gender.

[...] While noncontroversial at the time, the 1996 segment appears to contradict Netflix's new series "Bill Nye Saves the World."

The new show endorses a socially liberal understanding of gender, under which gender is defined by self-identification rather than genetics and there are more than just the two traditional genders.

People, people, people... Say it with me: The Internet Never Forgets.

Source: http://freebeacon.com/culture/netflix-edits-bill-nye-episode-remove-segment-chromosomes-determine-gender/

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by tangomargarine on Friday May 05 2017, @03:37PM (1 child)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Friday May 05 2017, @03:37PM (#504930)

    I know, all those prescriptivist assholes ruining the language for everybody. Oh wait...

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday May 07 2017, @01:36AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday May 07 2017, @01:36AM (#505655) Journal

    Hah, nice. You just about made me cat /usr/bin/teacup/tea | /dev/hazuki/nose > /mnt/desktop with that one :D That low-key, snarky cutting humor is awesome.

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