Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."
You don't say!
(Score: -1, Troll) by frojack on Sunday December 17 2017, @08:47AM (13 children)
Actually its a big lie.
http://www.pacificpundit.com/2017/12/16/fake-news-no-cdc-isnt-removing-words-like-fetus-or-evidence-based/ [pacificpundit.com]
HHS responds to reports of CDC banning words:
"The assertion that HHS has 'banned words' is a complete mischaracterization of discussions regarding the budget formulation process."
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by fritsd on Sunday December 17 2017, @10:27AM
I read your article, but unfortunately it didn't have a link to the CDC itself.
That looked like a blog, with interesting topics such as "left wing terrorism".
The PacificPundit article started with:
and there were two more lines of text, without much content (it was a rather short article).
Did you find a source from the CDC itself that disputed this "fake news"?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by RedBear on Sunday December 17 2017, @10:57AM (10 children)
You just posted a link to a site with a menu bar that reads:
How can anyone possibly take you seriously now? Also, the HHS "response" is not a denial, it's just BS doublespeak weasel words:
Whether it came directly from Trump or some layer of people under him is irrelevant. People working in a department of the government (HHS) under the Trump administration is telling the CDC to censor itself from using bog-standard common technical terms, presumably in order to increase their chances of getting grants funded under this administration. But who could be offended by technical, completely non-partisan terms like "transgender" or "evidence-based"? Only religious fundamentalist nutjobs.
If you believe in freedom of thought and expression you should have a huge problem with this.
¯\_ʕ◔.◔ʔ_/¯ LOL. I dunno. I'm just a bear.
... Peace out. Got bear stuff to do. 彡ʕ⌐■.■ʔ
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @02:43PM (8 children)
Problem is NOT the use of words to offend; acting offended by mere words is a left-wing game anyway.
Problem is the abuse of them to MISLEAD.
If you believe you have a worthwhile thougth to express, you should not have a huge problem with REPHRASING it.
Some words got tainted by constant abuse. Leaving them alone for some time, for the semantics to cool and lose the stink of politics, could be the best thing to do with them.
(Score: 5, Touché) by RedBear on Sunday December 17 2017, @03:16PM (3 children)
I'm sorry, your post was highly offensive.
If you believe you have a worthwhile thougth to express, you should not have a huge problem REPHRASING it without using any of the following prohibited words:
abuse
tainted
believe
constant
alone
semantics
best
problem
worthwhile
offended
huge
game
left-wing
words
Looking forward to your properly rephrased response.
If this seems completely ridiculous to you, congratulations. That was the point.
¯\_ʕ◔.◔ʔ_/¯ LOL. I dunno. I'm just a bear.
... Peace out. Got bear stuff to do. 彡ʕ⌐■.■ʔ
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @11:20PM (2 children)
I trust you're capable of running a synonymizer app on your very own.
Any assertion can be made to "seem completely ridiculous" by extensive word games, thanks for the demo.
Just the same way, any bullshit can be made to sound sciencey and convincing.
https://www.nature.com/news/publishers-withdraw-more-than-120-gibberish-papers-1.14763 [nature.com]
Prevention of both should be the point all right.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @12:03AM (1 child)
Waaaaah! I got owned and my ego is too fragile to just let it pass, so I had to post something, anything!
It doesn't matter if its total bullshit that reveals how much of a beta I really am, I'm still gonna do ieeeet!
Waaaaah!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @01:02AM
but carrying this much stupid with you, the road will surely be exhausting
(Score: 3, Insightful) by JNCF on Sunday December 17 2017, @04:27PM (1 child)
Nope, doublespeak is a bipartisan issue. Different words, same basic reactions. The Right even gets off on being offended by a lack of words, demanding that football players pledge allegiance to a flag. You're all pretty ridiculous.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday December 17 2017, @11:22PM
The anthem, it's very important that NFL players always STAND for the playing of our National Anthem. We're paying them big money to respect our Flag and our Country! #StandForOurAnthem [twitter.com]🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/czutyGaMQV [t.co]
(Score: 4, Touché) by nitehawk214 on Sunday December 17 2017, @04:51PM (1 child)
Says the person offended by the words "evidence" and "science".
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @11:25PM
and it's from the likes of you the words "evidence" and "science" get a bad taint.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @08:12PM
If frojo had a motto, that would be it.
That weak-ass stephen miller wannabe has been full of bullshit for decades.
Nobody sane has taken him seriously since high school.
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Sunday December 17 2017, @10:21PM
Actually, that's called a "backpedal". It's what you do when dumb shit blows up in your face.
https://www.statnews.com/2017/12/16/forbidden-words-fda-cdc/ [statnews.com]
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