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CDC Gets List of Forbidden Words: Science-Based, Evidence-Based, Vulnerable, Fetus, ...

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

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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: 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