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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."
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(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.