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wellllllllll remember the steep sheep fines, \high as the house worth\back in 2008?ish, the newly-mandatory vac for sheep, the nay-sayers faced these huge fines too, at the first hearing it was unbelievable scary, an army of geared up police for a handfull of public attendees 
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You do realise that despite being proven to be a non-existent problem, there are a total of 35 states so far have signed into law or proposed legislation banning or restricting the teaching of critical race theory,
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/map-ant ... d=83619715
In addition a total of 16 states so far have signed into law bills restricting education on race in classrooms or state agencies. As a result a number of teachers (some were interviewed in the video I posted) have been sacked for simply teaching American history, The last time such wide spread draconian laws banning/outlawing the teaching of facts was in the 1930s.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/map-ant ... d=83619715
In addition a total of 16 states so far have signed into law bills restricting education on race in classrooms or state agencies. As a result a number of teachers (some were interviewed in the video I posted) have been sacked for simply teaching American history, The last time such wide spread draconian laws banning/outlawing the teaching of facts was in the 1930s.
Hardly.
21 Dec 2022, 6:13 am
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Stanford Slammed for Putting 'American' on Forbidden Word List
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A list of forbiddennwords recently published by Stanford University is drawing ire, even among faculty members at the institution.
The changing use of the words, part of what Stanford officially refers to as the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI), stems from a multi-phase, multi-year project that began in 2020.
Stanford explains as part of the EHLI published Monday that the intent of the initiative "is to eliminate many forms of harmful language, including racist, violent, and biased (e.g., disability bias, ethnic bias, ethnic slurs, gender bias, implicit bias, sexual bias) language in Stanford websites and code."
"The purpose of this website is to educate people about the possible impact of the words we use," the EHLI says. "Language affects different people in different ways. We are not attempting to assign levels of harm to the terms on this site. We also are not attempting to address all informal uses of language."
The website even includes a bolded disclaimer: "Content Warning: This website contains language that is offensive or harmful. Please engage with this website at your own pace."
Among the myriad changes is a shift from "American" to "U.S. citizen," due to the insinuation "that the U.S. is the most important country in the Americas" even though the Americas are composed of 42 countries overall.
Dee Mostofi, a spokesperson for Stanford University, told Newsweek that the university's style guidelines are meant for internal use, often for individual workgroups.
Other words and terms that should no longer be used, according to the ELHI, include: "lame," "tone deaf" and "walk-in" as they "can trivialize the experience of people living with disabilities."
The term "spirit animal" is also nixed, as equating it with an animal that guides or protects "is to demean the significance of the term." As is the word "tribe," as Stanford says it has been "historically used to equate Indigenous people with savages."
The changing use of the words, part of what Stanford officially refers to as the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI), stems from a multi-phase, multi-year project that began in 2020.
Stanford explains as part of the EHLI published Monday that the intent of the initiative "is to eliminate many forms of harmful language, including racist, violent, and biased (e.g., disability bias, ethnic bias, ethnic slurs, gender bias, implicit bias, sexual bias) language in Stanford websites and code."
"The purpose of this website is to educate people about the possible impact of the words we use," the EHLI says. "Language affects different people in different ways. We are not attempting to assign levels of harm to the terms on this site. We also are not attempting to address all informal uses of language."
The website even includes a bolded disclaimer: "Content Warning: This website contains language that is offensive or harmful. Please engage with this website at your own pace."
Among the myriad changes is a shift from "American" to "U.S. citizen," due to the insinuation "that the U.S. is the most important country in the Americas" even though the Americas are composed of 42 countries overall.
Dee Mostofi, a spokesperson for Stanford University, told Newsweek that the university's style guidelines are meant for internal use, often for individual workgroups.
Other words and terms that should no longer be used, according to the ELHI, include: "lame," "tone deaf" and "walk-in" as they "can trivialize the experience of people living with disabilities."
The term "spirit animal" is also nixed, as equating it with an animal that guides or protects "is to demean the significance of the term." As is the word "tribe," as Stanford says it has been "historically used to equate Indigenous people with savages."
It is actually called "The United States of Ammmeria", not the United States of Argentina or Columbia.
Does Canada, Mexico or South Ameeria have a problem, or is this simply an ivory tower academic group hunting for self-importance and virtue-signalling points?
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ASPartOfMe wrote:
Stanford Slammed for Putting 'American' on Forbidden Word List
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A list of forbiddennwords recently published by Stanford University is drawing ire, even among faculty members at the institution.
The changing use of the words, part of what Stanford officially refers to as the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI), stems from a multi-phase, multi-year project that began in 2020.
Stanford explains as part of the EHLI published Monday that the intent of the initiative "is to eliminate many forms of harmful language, including racist, violent, and biased (e.g., disability bias, ethnic bias, ethnic slurs, gender bias, implicit bias, sexual bias) language in Stanford websites and code."
"The purpose of this website is to educate people about the possible impact of the words we use," the EHLI says. "Language affects different people in different ways. We are not attempting to assign levels of harm to the terms on this site. We also are not attempting to address all informal uses of language."
The website even includes a bolded disclaimer: "Content Warning: This website contains language that is offensive or harmful. Please engage with this website at your own pace."
Among the myriad changes is a shift from "American" to "U.S. citizen," due to the insinuation "that the U.S. is the most important country in the Americas" even though the Americas are composed of 42 countries overall.
Dee Mostofi, a spokesperson for Stanford University, told Newsweek that the university's style guidelines are meant for internal use, often for individual workgroups.
Other words and terms that should no longer be used, according to the ELHI, include: "lame," "tone deaf" and "walk-in" as they "can trivialize the experience of people living with disabilities."
The term "spirit animal" is also nixed, as equating it with an animal that guides or protects "is to demean the significance of the term." As is the word "tribe," as Stanford says it has been "historically used to equate Indigenous people with savages."
The changing use of the words, part of what Stanford officially refers to as the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI), stems from a multi-phase, multi-year project that began in 2020.
Stanford explains as part of the EHLI published Monday that the intent of the initiative "is to eliminate many forms of harmful language, including racist, violent, and biased (e.g., disability bias, ethnic bias, ethnic slurs, gender bias, implicit bias, sexual bias) language in Stanford websites and code."
"The purpose of this website is to educate people about the possible impact of the words we use," the EHLI says. "Language affects different people in different ways. We are not attempting to assign levels of harm to the terms on this site. We also are not attempting to address all informal uses of language."
The website even includes a bolded disclaimer: "Content Warning: This website contains language that is offensive or harmful. Please engage with this website at your own pace."
Among the myriad changes is a shift from "American" to "U.S. citizen," due to the insinuation "that the U.S. is the most important country in the Americas" even though the Americas are composed of 42 countries overall.
Dee Mostofi, a spokesperson for Stanford University, told Newsweek that the university's style guidelines are meant for internal use, often for individual workgroups.
Other words and terms that should no longer be used, according to the ELHI, include: "lame," "tone deaf" and "walk-in" as they "can trivialize the experience of people living with disabilities."
The term "spirit animal" is also nixed, as equating it with an animal that guides or protects "is to demean the significance of the term." As is the word "tribe," as Stanford says it has been "historically used to equate Indigenous people with savages."
It is actually called "The United States of Ammmeria", not the United States of Argentina or Columbia.
Does Canada, Mexico or South Ameeria have a problem, or is this simply an ivory tower academic group hunting for self-importance and virtue-signalling points?
It was late at night, but I not heard of much if any objection, from Central and South Americans, or Canadians to the hijacking of the name.
They are supposed so highly educated yet they don’t understood that a word or a phrase often can have two totally separate meanings. Tone-Deaf can mean a physical problem, or a thinking problem.
On that guideline “Hispanic” was good and “Latinix” bad despite most people in that demographic finding “Latinix” offensive. That is an example of being tone deaf.
To their credit they got a few words right. “Indian Giver” is a racist term in ascribing a negative character trait to a race of people. I was pleasantly shocked to find “Karen” on the list. For most wokes that is the go to own the MAGA’s word that they just can not use enough.
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