Posted on 10/17/2017 5:50:13 PM PDT by marshmallow
Civil servants should avoid using gendered pronouns like ‘he’ and ‘she’ or assuming someone with the title ‘Mr’ is male, according to the latest government directives.
The rules, which apply to all Whitehall departments, are intended to avoid causing offence to people whose chosen gender does not identify with their biological sex.
But opponents branded the language code ‘politically-correct claptrap’ and accused the government of trying to bring in ‘social engineering by the back door’.
The Service Manual is produced by the Cabinet Office and used by government departments to design their websites.
These include taxpayer-facing departments such as HMRC and the Department for Work and Pensions.
Civil servants must follow the points in the manual to meet the ‘Digital Service Standard’, which means their department’s services are good enough for public use.
(Excerpt) Read more at anglicanmainstream.org ...
Whew! I am glad the Conservatives are in power.
Who knows how this would have played out if Labour won the last election.
Symbolic of his struggle against reality.
I think reporters should avoid adjectives.
Dark ages have arrived.
Much better!
Is this a Monty Python skit?
Double plus good. Well, ‘’1984’’ is here! Welcome to New Speak.
Double plus good. Well, ‘’1984’’ is here! Welcome to New Speak.
Call everyone citizen and be done with this nonsense.
Of course, here in the US, the Alfa Hotels that have pushed this gender identity chaos want everyone to be called “comrade”.
Especially in dealing with enemy muslims.
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