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Title: Here are 7 words and phrases the campus PC police tried to banish in 2020
Post by: rangerrebew on December 29, 2020, 03:09:02 pm

 Here are 7 words and phrases the campus PC police tried to banish in 2020
Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor •December 28, 2020
 

It seems like, year after year, the number of words we Americans are allowed to say continues to shrink.

That trend is particularly evident on college campuses, where almost once a month there’s a newly deemed offensive or non-inclusive word students and faculty are encouraged to avoid.

Over the last 12 months The College Fix has chronicled several examples, striving to keep tabs on the ever-expanding list of verboten words and phrases, according to the campus PC police.

https://www.thecollegefix.com/here-are-7-words-and-phrases-the-campus-pc-police-tried-to-banish-in-2020/ (https://www.thecollegefix.com/here-are-7-words-and-phrases-the-campus-pc-police-tried-to-banish-in-2020/)

Title: Re: Here are 7 words and phrases the campus PC police tried to banish in 2020
Post by: 240B on December 29, 2020, 03:28:12 pm

Bizarre...this truly is Orwellian 1984 stuff, in a very real, factual, and tangible way.
Waiting for "Orwellian" to be banned soon. I'm sure it is on the list.
If you can control language, you control thought.

Title: Re: Here are 7 words and phrases the campus PC police tried to banish in 2020
Post by: Smokin Joe on December 29, 2020, 08:51:06 pm

I thought you could say those on TV...

Title: Re: Here are 7 words and phrases the campus PC police tried to banish in 2020
Post by: Fishrrman on December 29, 2020, 10:58:07 pm

Low-hanging fruit
Grandfathering
Picnic
Brown bag
Brother/sister
Expectant mothers
Snowflake