Posted on 07/19/2019 4:44:35 AM PDT by Kaslin
In the most liberal cities in America, the goal of maximum "inclusion" often requires an energetic scrubbing of language, especially gender terms. This week in California, the Berkeley City Council voted to amend its municipal code to achieve maximum sensitivity for the ever-increasing demands of the gender-smashing left.
A council member explained, "In recent years, broadening societal awareness of transgender and gender nonconforming identities has brought to light the importance of non-binary gender inclusivity." It was high time to "make the environment of City Hall and the language of city legislation consistent with the principles of inclusion."
Some of the allegedly offensive terms are unsurprising. Apparently, there's no excuse for "fireman," "patrolman," "policeman" and "watchman." But the council is even scrubbing the word "manhole" and replacing it with "maintenance hole." Patriarchy doesn't rest on the word "manhole." The level of snowflakery on this one is impressive.
Berkeley's language cops reject the term "master," instead of insisting on terms like "captain," "skipper" or "pilot." Let's hope the University of California doesn't have to change "master's degree" to "skipper's degree." The council also objects to the word "heir," preferring the term "beneficiaries." But there's no gender reference in "heirs." The dictionary definition is "a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death."
There were other terms on the Berkeley list that suggest the end of gender specificity. "Brother" and "sister" should be rejected for "sibling," and "fraternity" and "sorority" must be replaced with "collegiate Greek system residence."
College campuses are especially fertile ground for this kind of speech "correction" exercise. The website Campus Reform reports that Colorado State University's latest Inclusive Language Guide rejects gender-specific terms like "male," "female," "ladies and gentlemen" and "Mr./Mrs./Ms." It even objects to the term "freshman" as gendered. Perhaps next it will find "sophomore" offensive since "sophomoric" is a pejorative term and could damage emotional well-being.
You can't say "homosexual," and you must say "heterosexual" because calling someone "straight" implies that LGBT folks are "crooked."
The most noticeable dictate in the Colorado State list is the scolding of "American" and "America" as noninclusive words "to avoid," since America encompasses more than just the United States. Referring to the U.S. as America, the guide says, "erases other cultures and depicts the United States as the dominant American country." Which, of course, it is.
The following terms are all categorized as insensitive to African Americans: "cakewalk," "eenie meenie miney moe," "food coma" and "peanut gallery." Asian Americans might be offended by "long time no see," because it might sound like "Chinese pidgin English," as well as "no can do."
"Hip hip hooray!" is somehow a Holocaust reference, so it's out. "Starving" is offensive to people who are insecure about food. Saying you're "addicted" to something like Netflix or pizza is insensitive to "those who are truly experiencing drug addiction." Please don't use "basket case," since that used to refer to a person without limbs. "Hold down the fort" is offensive to Indians -- whoops, make that Native Americans. But wait; can we say Native Americans?
All this hypersensitivity would make almost anyone want to get their college degree online.
I was thinking along these lines last night. If its sexist meanings one is worried about, we should focus on words which have “-man-” in them, like:
MANual
MANdate
huMAN
It is left as an exercise for the reader to come up with politically correct non-sexist alternatives, as well as to list other similarly insensitive words in need of modernization.
woMAN
Whoa, MAN. I didn’t want to go there.
If an asteroid were to flatten Berkeley would the country lose anything irreplaceable?
Never in the course of human history have so many bent over and grabbed the ankles for so few.
The Left is circling the toilet bowl, throwing both ends of the safety lines to the lip. Their entire agenda is based on lies, and they have nothing tangible to hold to.
It is like we are living “Atlas Shrugged”, today!
Refuse to comply with this Orwellian idiocy.
Native Americans are Indians (capitalization optional).
Gays are homosexuals (or a host of less flattering terms).
People of color are blacks or hispanics.
Asians are orientals.
Manholes, firemen, and policemen are ... well, what they are.
Hip, hip, hooray.
There is approximately 2300 words with either “men” or “man” in it. We need to petition Websters to get rid of those words.
That would be a fun activity for 2020.
Gay’s are fruit cakes
“The council also objects to the word “heir,” preferring the term “beneficiaries.” Apparently it’s because “heir” includes the letters “he”.
It’s not inclusion, of course. It’s a bizarre kids’ game of ‘you can’t say that.’
How many people in the country know that?
I didn't know that.
If no one knows that basket case meant a person with no limbs, probably not even most people without limbs, so why do we have to completely change our culture and our language to accommodate the grossly sensitive, minute minority.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
I disagree that they are circling the toilet bowl. I think it's just the opposite. They are on the cusp of their crowning achievement and that's the take over of the USA. We are not "crushing" them as so many think. In fact they are more powerful than ever. They have open communists in congress and open communists running for president. They also have the support of millions of useful idiots ready to turn over all control to them. They control nearly 100 percent of our government. They control the judiciary, the intelligence agencies, state and local governments. They also control the media and the schools. It's madness and we are in great danger. President Trump is going to be leading for a maximum of five years or so then the commie vermin who have not been drained from the swamp in any way will have the chance they have been waiting for.
The more radical feminazis use Womyn for singular and plural.
Whatever, the council member needs to turn in his Mancard.
I believe it, but am curious: how did you get that number?
I thought a basket case was a motorcycle someone took apart and couldn’t get back together.
How can they create an inclusive atmosphere by excluding all these words?
Language diversity is our strength!
;)
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