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Air Force Troops Warned Not to Use Words Such as ‘Boy’ and ‘Girl’–Might Be Deemed Offensive
Breitbart ^ | March 11, 2017 | KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ

Posted on 03/12/2017 10:44:25 AM PDT by lowbridge

Air Force troops have been warned not to use certain words and phrases because they might be deemed offensive. An email saying that certain words such as “boy,” “girl,” and “blackmail” should not be used was sent to Airmen at Joint Base San Antonio Texas, the Daily Mail reported.

The email included an attachment with a list of words that “may be construed as offensive.”

“You people” also made the list, as well as “colonial,” “blacklist,” and the phrase “blondes have more fun.”

Someone leaked the list to Fox News, where it gained national media attention.

According to Fox News, the list did contain some genuinely offensive phrases, but commonly said phrases peppered the list as well.

A senior Air Force leader wrote the email and sent it to Airmen at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. It is unclear how many personnel received the email.

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To: Bob

Spectre Gunship has heavy artillery.


21 posted on 03/12/2017 10:58:56 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Mears

No, that means it’s not done evolving. Correct procedure is to stick it back in until it’s not a cis-gendered heteronormative penis-owner (potential rapist and woman-opressor).


22 posted on 03/12/2017 11:01:50 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Mears

Nah. The new terminology is something like Ze or Zit.


23 posted on 03/12/2017 11:04:57 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: lowbridge

Is it OK if I called somebody niggardly now, or is that still out?


24 posted on 03/12/2017 11:06:19 AM PDT by seowulf
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To: lowbridge

The boy or girl soldier is childish, you people who push politically correct speech are communist and not americans, our colonial forefathers created a free nation you people hate as the Constitution and conservatives know you people on the left are evil and hateful, you little snowflakes whether boys or girls need to leave the military alone and need to be on a blacklist of global socialists banned from America, you people can not blackmail us patriots who love God and regular family and America as our nation for Americans and not illegal aliens and welfare bums, I hope you will be blackballed from our country once for all, your political correct democrat speech is offensive and sounds Greek to me, blondes do have more fun as a rule and they know it, and the democrat party has too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

You democrat people are idgits and liars and thieves and we know it.


25 posted on 03/12/2017 11:07:56 AM PDT by kindred (Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour. Trump is helping make America great again.)
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To: lowbridge

Funny about #10. I learned that one in the Army and everyone understood implicitly that it meant there were more managers than workers to adequately accomplish a task. And nothing more.


26 posted on 03/12/2017 11:08:11 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: lowbridge

I find it offensive that so many French words are used in our military services.

Let’s find gender neutral English/American terms for everything associated with the military.


27 posted on 03/12/2017 11:08:40 AM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: lowbridge

Guys, broads.
Dudes, Dudettes.


28 posted on 03/12/2017 11:09:28 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Dilbert San Diego

On facebook recently there was a post from some feminist moron that said babies should never be referred to as boy or girl. They should be referred to as “babyself” or “toddlerself” until they decide if they are male or female. She was dead serious.


29 posted on 03/12/2017 11:09:29 AM PDT by tuffydoodle ("Never underestimate the total depravity of the average human being.")
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To: lowbridge

Guys, broads.
Dudes, Dudettes.


30 posted on 03/12/2017 11:09:31 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: lowbridge

Just wish Trump would have busted everyone who had anything to do with that directive to private and then reassign them to latrine duty on the most remote US air base in Afghanistan. Then let them write long essays on free speech and say anything that comes to mind.


31 posted on 03/12/2017 11:09:32 AM PDT by allendale
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To: lowbridge

I whitewashed my blacklist and it disappeared.


32 posted on 03/12/2017 11:09:34 AM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: vetvetdoug

“The USAF needs to get back to allowing only male combat pilots to be in charge. This warm and fuzzy homosexual and touchy feely women’s coddling is weakening our defense. I saw it coming forty years ago and it has really gotten out of hand. “

Yep. Flying is now a participation trophy.


33 posted on 03/12/2017 11:10:04 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: lowbridge
Makes me wonder what PC Shellback initiation is now in the Navy, if that tradition even exists. Gawd knows, my initiation back in 1976 wouldn't have passed the PC crap.

I'm still pissed about the so-called Tail Hook scandal, if anyone remembers. The women wanted to be aviators and play with the boys, but couldn't handle the gauntlet where they got their bottoms slapped walking down a hallway. It was tradition for all aviators at those conventions.

34 posted on 03/12/2017 11:10:11 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: lowbridge

Well, at least “senior Air Force leader has hopefully removed themselves from the promotion pool...


35 posted on 03/12/2017 11:12:23 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: tuffydoodle

Unbelieveable.

How is it, that a steady parade of kooks and crackpots, have twisted around language and thoughts and concepts in such ways?

Is it because we as a culture have become so liberal, so afraid of being called racist or bigoted or judgemental, that we are afraid to call a spade a spade?

Is it because the media give legitimacy to this kind of nonsense???

I sometimes wonder how the heck we got to this point. In 1960 or 1970, nobody would have taken this transsexual business seriously. But nowadays in the 2010s, you are considered some kind of bigot if you aren’t on board with the latest transgender craze......................


36 posted on 03/12/2017 11:15:50 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: lowbridge

Does “Blondes have more fun” apply to “Air Force Amy”?


37 posted on 03/12/2017 11:15:51 AM PDT by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2017!)
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To: lowbridge

Which armed service is the most sissified?

One might think these DI’s would start kicking ass again now that Trump has said we’re going to restore our military.


38 posted on 03/12/2017 11:16:31 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Mears

If an airman has a child can he say “It’s a boy”????


Would it be offensive to a muslim airmen to ask, “How are your kids?”

(Referring to his young goats)..


39 posted on 03/12/2017 11:18:11 AM PDT by AFret.
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To: Texas Eagle
Hopefully, President Trump will fire that snowflake first thing in the morning.

No, keep him, but fire his boss. He most likely was just following an order from his CO. Maybe also RIF the CO's CO, just for the effect it will have.

40 posted on 03/12/2017 11:19:58 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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