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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   
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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Original Submission

• Re:some good reasons for that Re:some good reasons for that (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.

  --
  ¯\_ʕ◔.◔ʔ_/¯ LOL. I dunno. I'm just a bear.
  ... Peace out. Got bear stuff to do. 彡ʕ⌐■.■ʔ

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• Weasel, weasel, tail on fire Weasel, weasel, tail on fire (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.

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  • Re:Weasel, weasel, tail on fire Re:Weasel, weasel, tail on fire (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!

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    • Self criticism is the first step to wisdom (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

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