Posted on 08/02/2013 5:13:44 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Public information officers for the City of Seattle have been advised to stop using the terms "citizen" and "brown bag" -- as in brown-bag lunch -- saying they could be offensive to some city residents.
Elliott Bronstein of the Office for Civil Rights circulated the memo encouraging government employees to avoid using the potentially offensive terms.
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
And this is how the nazis manipulated language to make the German people more accepting of nazi ideals.
I am offended by people who get offended.
I wish I lived in Seattle just so I could have a t-shirt that says:
I am a citizen and I brown bag my lunch every day!
The stupid is strong is Seattle.
Must be white folk code words.
citizen=commie
brown bag=black folks.
Citizen is just the next bourgeois!
One more reason that I am so darn glad that I am retired.
black bag
tall, dark and handsome
white knight
its clear as black and white...
to "gyp" and to "jew" someone down in price...
little white lies...
dark heart...
ride in on your white horse..
black as the ace of spades...
brown noser...
throw in the white flag...
okay ....on the count of 3, lets all WHINE...
However ‘dirt bag’ is still acceptable, and that’s what would get my vote concerning anyone who opted to take out ‘citizen’.
Bronstein’s “brown bag” story definitely sounds like an urban legend. If anyone here is a member in good standing at Snopes they should bring it up there. (And, yes, I know Snopes isn’t real popular here, but they have exposed a number of other African-American urban legends over the years....)
...needs to justify his job, so in a municipal "make-work" effort, Elliott creates an "issue" that requires his immediate attention.
The Language of the 3rd Reich was written by Victor Klemperer. In the book he details how the nazis manipulated the people through language.
Some may think that it can’t be very effective but just look at what has happened to the word “Militia” over the past 30 years. It used to conjure images of honor, duty, and patriotism. Today most people think racist hillbillies seeking to overthrow government or homicidal muslims.
Geez you couldn't make this stuff up.
There used to be a local civil rights agitator named Flamingo Brown. She’s busy complaining about the way Satan runs the place now.
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2011/06/event_planned_to_honor_late_ja.html
In certain communities, she could have been a pink Flamingo.
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I wonder if “comrade” and “Worker” are also Offesive—I bet not.
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