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posted by martyb on Sunday December 17 2017, @05:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the George-Orwell-Says-Hi! dept.

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."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html

You don't say!


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by frojack on Sunday December 17 2017, @08:47AM (13 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Sunday December 17 2017, @08:47AM (#610916) Journal

    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."

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by fritsd on Sunday December 17 2017, @10:27AM

    by fritsd (4586) on Sunday December 17 2017, @10:27AM (#610944) Journal

    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:

    Another bout of fake news being spewed by CNN and other left wing propaganda networks has been proved as fake news.

    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)

    by RedBear (1734) on Sunday December 17 2017, @10:57AM (#610950)

    You just posted a link to a site with a menu bar that reads:

    HOME - LEFT WING TERRORISM - LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS - POTUS DONALD TRUMP - ISIS

    How can anyone possibly take you seriously now? Also, the HHS "response" is not a denial, it's just BS doublespeak weasel words:

    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."

    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.

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    • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @02:43PM (8 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @02:43PM (#610978)

      But who could be offended by technical, completely non-partisan terms like "transgender" or "evidence-based"? Only religious fundamentalist nutjobs.

      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 in freedom of thought and expression you should have a huge problem with this.

      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)

        by RedBear (1734) on Sunday December 17 2017, @03:16PM (#610987)

        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.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @11:20PM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @11:20PM (#611142)

          Looking forward to your properly rephrased response.

          I trust you're capable of running a synonymizer app on your very own.

          If this seems completely ridiculous to you, congratulations. That was the point.

          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)

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @12:03AM (#611164)

            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

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @01:02AM (#611194)

              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)

        by JNCF (4317) on Sunday December 17 2017, @04:27PM (#611010) Journal

        acting offended by mere words is a left-wing game anyway

        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: 4, Touché) by nitehawk214 on Sunday December 17 2017, @04:51PM (1 child)

        by nitehawk214 (1304) on Sunday December 17 2017, @04:51PM (#611014)

        acting offended by mere words is a left-wing game

        Says the person offended by the words "evidence" and "science".

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @11:25PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @11:25PM (#611148)

          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

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 17 2017, @08:12PM (#611067)

      How can anyone possibly take you seriously now?

      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

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday December 17 2017, @10:21PM (#611119) Journal

    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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