Posted on 10/08/2021 8:11:30 PM PDT by blueplum
A university is encouraging students to stop using the words manmade, mastercopy and civilisation because it believes they have sexist or racist connotations.
Sociology undergraduates at Aston University in Birmingham have been advised to find replacements for words that could be seen to reinforce prejudices.
Offending words include immigrants, third world, tribe, civilised and, in some contexts, native, all because of their colonialist or racist overtones.
Language deemed to be sexist includes one-man show, old masters, forefathers, seminal and masterful....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I’m sure the words First Amendment are also offensive.
Instead of “man”, substitute the word “sheep”. Instead of “civil”, use “change”, as in “changelization”. A “masters” degree can just as easily be called an “equal degree”. And you don’t have to even study for it. That would be racist.
Ronald Reagan said that if it wasn’t for women, there wouldn’t be civilization.
The word “university” should be abolished because it is universist.
Beings in other universes might be offended by the implication that Aston University is meant to only serve beings in our universe.
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I speak to be precise and refusing to change doesn't mean you can assign imprecise labels.
Who cares what Asshole University students think or say?
They’re nuttier than a fruitcake....
psycho-#s
Seriously, they need to grow up and face reality.
The word, “Freedom” is an F word in that world.
“Offending words include immigrants, third world, tribe, civilised and, in some contexts, native, all because of their colonialist or racist overtones.”
Tribe? Lol! Yes, Lawrence Tribe is pretty offensive!
Gee the university was manmade
Now wait a cotton-pickin’ minute....
What about masterpiece, master plan, master key? Father Christmas? Fathers’ Day?
And that song “Ol’ Man River.” “He just keeps rollin’ along.”
Dreadful tinny sort of words.
I find the words democrat, progressive and vaccine racist.
Will they no longer be offering a Master’s degree program?
Well I aint too sofistercated with my choices of wordage. But if we’re supposed to be offended by every non-conformist drool from our pie holes, I might as well just bark anyway. I think that might be the picture of the future: one bark for yes and two for no. That way no one will be butt hurt.
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