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Student Union Pushes to Ban Word "Idiot" in Order to Fight "Ableism"
Pundit Press ^
| 3/13/15
| Aurelius
Posted on 03/13/2015 2:24:11 PM PDT by rightistight
The University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union (UTMSU) is pushing to have people never use the word "idiot" because, according to them, it promotes "ableism."
According to "StopAbleism.org," ableism "are the practices and dominant attitudes in society that devalue and limit the potential of persons with disabilities."
UTMSU believes that the word "idiot," even if you are calling yourself that, promotes ableism. They feel so strongly that they are now putting up posters around campus to get the word out:
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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: canada; idiots; imbeciles; missisauga; morons; numbskulls; ontario; pc; peabrains; students; toronto; whackos
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To: rightistight
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:25:39 PM PDT
by
thorvaldr
To: rightistight
Can we just use idjits instead?
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:26:24 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
To: rightistight
I guess the word stupid is still okay.
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:26:58 PM PDT
by
lee martell
(The sa)
To: lee martell
I can understand Democrats being pro-idiot since that is their target demographic.
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:30:04 PM PDT
by
thorvaldr
To: rightistight
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:30:18 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: rightistight
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:31:40 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
To: rightistight
How about “asshole” as in “The University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union are assholes”?
To: rightistight
NO MORE THOUGHT POLICE
NO HATE CRIMES.....NO WORD CRIMES!!!!
I can hate anyone I like and if I hurt them, damage their property THE ONLY CRIME should be the fact that I hurt killed maimed someone. Hate or the use of words in a non slanderous way cannot be a crime under the Constitution!
Country’s going straight in the toilet
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:33:37 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: rightistight
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:34:44 PM PDT
by
Mears
(To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."Voltaire))
To: rightistight; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...
Student [Soviet] Union Pushes to Ban Word "Idiot" in Order to Fight "Ableism"
You idiots!
Combined PING! and DANG!
To: rightistight
Perhaps if the courses of study at this college were more challenging, the students wouldn’t have so much free time that they would sit around concocting reasons to be “offended”.
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:40:29 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: rightistight
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:41:16 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: rightistight
Yeah...I used to know a guy named Abel Isham, and he was worthless. He wouldn’t loan me any money, and he ate cheese and onion sandwiches every day at work. I’m completely against Abel Isham.
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:41:29 PM PDT
by
driftless2
(For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
To: rightistight
As a person with a disability..(amputee).. i resent these patronizing idiots trying to leverage themselves some kind of pseudo “moral authority” power on the backs of the disabled
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:41:39 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
To: rightistight
Okay, I’ll stop using the word ‘idiot’ so I don’t offend the window licking retards. Is that better?
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:42:20 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
To: rightistight
"Speak" out against ableism? Both mutes and mimes will protest this.
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:42:50 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
To: rightistight
That sound you just heard was George Orwell spinning in his grave.
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:43:02 PM PDT
by
Personal Responsibility
(Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)
To: rightistight
Sounds like the student group is just trying to keep people from using the word to describe them. Unsuccessful.
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:43:34 PM PDT
by
lurk
To: rightistight
clinical progression is...
idiot...
imbicile...
moron...
are these people really saying that the opinions of those with barely double digit intellegence quotients deserve the same intellegence considerations as that of a triple digit intellegence quotient person...????
the world has indeed gone insane
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:44:34 PM PDT
by
joe fonebone
(a socialist is just a juvenile communist)
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