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2021-09-01 |
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] The CDC has released new, inclusive language that they want the American public to use in place of lots of already extant words that we typically use to describe individuals or groups. Essentially, in place of single words that are used, the CDC wants us to put the word "person" first, before the descriptor, except in the areas where they believe that group identity supersedes individual identity, as in race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. There are many examples of this, in many categories, such as "Corrections & Detentions," where words for "prisoner," "criminal," and others are to be replaced with "People/persons who are incarcerated or detained," or "Persons in pre-trial or with charge." In the category of "Disability," terms like "Differently abled" should be replaced with "People with disabilities/a disability." "Drug-users/addicts/drug abusers," etc., should be instead "Persons who use drugs/people who inject drugs." The idea behind this is clear even without reading the CDC's preamble: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention want Americans to see and think about each other as people first, before they consider the person's condition. The CDC's intention is to humanize us, and seem to believe that their function is to tell us how to speak, and how to think, in order to do that. However, it is poorly designed, and will only be replaced by new missives in very short time. The CDC has as its mission to protect public health, "to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the US." But they also write that they have the goal of "Promoting healthy and safe behaviors, communities and environment." It must be under this aspect of their purview that they have suggested that Americans change their language. Defund the language police! |
Posted by:Fred |
#12 I'm old enough to remember when we used to refer to "disabled" people as "crippled." Then that was deemed too cruel, so we had to call them disabled, or "differently abled" or something. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2021-09-01 22:00 |
#11 But believe them about masks and Ivermectin. Sure. |
Posted by: Angstrom 2021-09-01 18:07 |
#10 they have NO authority, as per the Supreme Courts latest ruling They are however part (along with WHO and NIH) of the beloved clerisy of the COVID cult / religion. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-01 14:49 |
#9 Nothing to do eh!. Trying desperately to exhibit some relevancy. |
Posted by: Dale 2021-09-01 13:24 |
#8 phuque the CDC, they have NO authority, as per the Supreme Courts latest ruling... |
Posted by: 746 2021-09-01 12:43 |
#7 What if we don't comply with their idea of the type of language we should use? I don't give a damn if they know what side I'm on, I am their enemy . |
Posted by: Chris 2021-09-01 12:39 |
#6 Given their new emphasis on "gun violence research," how long before they start asking the guns what their pronouns are? |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-01 08:26 |
#4 Airstrip One on the Chattahoochee. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2021-09-01 07:15 |
#3 Those fucking Breadeaters! |
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-09-01 07:11 |
#2 WTF has CDC have to do with language? Is it becoming the Center for Decontamination of Colloquialisms? Implicit in this is the assertion that the American population is largely mentally ill, just because they say some things that are 'hurtful' to some whiny attention wh0res. Intrusive, fascist gaslighting by federal agencies, ordered by Gawd knows who and why. How far is it to: 'Shhh... This is to protect you from thinking too hard.' |
Posted by: Dron66046 2021-09-01 01:48 |
#1 The whole idea is to constantly change the language. You can tell at a glance who is and is not in your tribe. Changing it makes everyone stay on their toes and you can see who pays attention and who doesn't. Moreover it's a useful form of mind control, getting people used to the idea that external forces may control what they think and say. |
Posted by: Blinky Pholuling8616 2021-09-01 01:36 |