Posted on 02/13/2023 10:54:09 AM PST by Red Badger
It’ll never end.
The liberal language police have come for a slew of terms they deem to be ultra-violent.
And now the ultra-woke are coming for more words and phrases. They abhor “jump the gun,” “roll with the punches” and even “deadline,” claiming they’re just too “violent.”
For the record, the word “deadline” was first recorded in 1864 during the Civil War. As both sides captured prisoners of war, a “do not cross” line was traced around prisons, and guards were ordered to shoot anyone that might cross the “dead line.”
And by the way, “jump the gun” has nothing to do with violence. The term comes from sporting contests like foot races, delineating when a runner started too early or “jumped” the starting gun.
But never mind all that. The language police have deemed them offensive and demand new softer terms be used. For instance, they say the phrase “kill two birds with one stone” — which originated in China in the 1600s — must be replaced with “feed two birds with one scone.”
The new guide, titled “Evolving From Violent Language,” was created by Anna Taylor, a communications director and “diversity, equity, and inclusion champion” at technology company Phenomenex.
“The guide is for those who would like to replace mostly violently framed idioms with more positive and inclusive language,” Taylor told The Daily Mail.
The guide offers new acceptable phrases:
“I won’t avoid it any longer” for “I’ll bite the bullet”
“We’re going to launch” for “we’re going to pull the trigger”
“Can you send me an email?” for “can you shoot me an email?”
“That was a bit excessive” for “that was overkill”
“Let’s not focus on that anymore” for “let’s not beat a dead horse”
The guide drew scorn on social media.
“Why? What’s the point in ‘evolving from violent language’? And what’s violent about deadline? Because it has dead in it? Death isn’t inherently violent; it’s simply everyone’s final phase. I respect everyone’s trauma but we’re way too sensitive if we can’t handle colloquialisms,” wrote one user.
Another said the guide is simply misguided.
“It just seems like ‘evolving from violent language’ when it isn’t even violent language that causes harm to people, detracts from the ACTUAL violent language that IS harming people, eg. racist, misogynistic, homophobic terms and phrases still being used to this day.”
Said a third: “This isn’t about ‘evolving from violent language.’ It’s about trying to escape the reality of death. You can’t do it; no need to euphemize it.”
But one Twitter wag said the whole thing is made up.
“I agree that the Evolving From Violent Language list is probably fake right-wing bait and we shouldn’t engage with it, but also I did have a coworker who always said ‘feed two birds with one scone.'”
“Orthodoxy means not thinking--not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.” ― George Orwell, 1984
“What can you do, thought Winston, against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?” ― George Orwell, 1984
Ping!.................
Best response is to answer with every non-woke-ism you can think of. They have no clue how to respond.
A cultural reign of terror waged by mentally ill people.
Don’t know why I thought of this, but it was at a dinner party with Winston Churchill in attendance:
Some snooty old lady: “Winston, if I were your wife, I’d fill your glass with poison and give it to you.”
Winston: “My Dear, if you were my wife, I’d gladly drink it.”
I wish I could think that fast. My usual snappy retort is “Oh yeah!”
Lady Astor........................
“Daddy was a pistol, I’m a son of a gun”.
None are more violent than the left!!!!
And Orthodoxy is based on the Intelligence (Sophia) that created and sustains the universe!!!!
Alleged quotations
She was known for exchanges with Winston Churchill, though most of these are not well documented. Churchill told Lady Astor that having a woman in Parliament was like having one intrude on him in the bathroom, to which she retorted, “You’re not handsome enough to have such fears.”[70]
Lady Astor is also said to have responded to a question from Churchill about what disguise he should wear to a masquerade ball by saying, “Why don’t you come sober, Prime Minister?”[71]
Although variations on the following anecdote exist with different people, the story is being told of Winston Churchill’s encounter with Lady Astor who, after failing to shake him in an argument, broke off with the petulant remark, “Oh, if you were my husband, I’d put poison in your tea.” “Madame,” Winston responded, “if I were your husband, I’d drink it with pleasure.”[72]
On another occasion, Lady Astor allegedly came upon Churchill, and he was highly intoxicated. She highly disapproved of alcohol, and she said to him “Winston, you’re drunk!” To which he replied “And you are ugly. However, when I wake up tomorrow, I shall be sober, and you will still be ugly!”
There you go again! Shooting your mouth off!................😜
I’m banned for a month for the phrase, “Nail him to the wall” within a judicial context.
It’s don’t like scones
If made properly I wouldn’t waste a scone on a bird anyway
I wish they would ban some of the retarded “snowflake” and “zero” ones. Like the heavily retarded, “He just dropped a new song”. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
I don’t see anything wrong with that phrase...................
Well now, some airhead person now has much more clicking upon her drivel. I say stop giving them attention. Thanks Daily Wire. I am starting to feel good for not ever subscribing to them.
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