Los Angeles Times Deems ‘Looting’ Verboten and Racist

California Globe ^ | July 19, 2020 | EVAN GAHR

[artichokegrower]

The LA Times is no longer going to say that looters are looting.

It’s newly updated style guide warns:

“’Looting’ is a crime that occurs only during a state of emergency (in any jurisdiction: state, county, city, etc.). Do not use it as a broad label or term for protest, burglary, theft or chaos. Because of the racial connotation and history of the word, use terms like ‘looting’ or ‘looters’ only in the context of criminal proceedings. Unless a story is specifically about looting or those charged with the crime, ‘looting’ or its derivations (‘looted,’ ‘looters’) should not be used in the story, display type (headline, captions, pull quotes, etc.), SEO type and headlines, story description, URL, social share lines, tweets or Facebook posts.”

[Buckeye McFrog]

The Times thinks that only black people loot?

Now that IS racist.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Those are all good ones; maybe even better than looting.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Great insight.

[Chickensoup]

They dont have to say it but we dont have to accept it.

We need to own the language people.

Looters, rioters and terrorists.

Those are the preferred terms.

[TXnMA]

"Looting" --->"PLUNDERing"

"Looter" --->"PLUNDERer"

"Loot" --->"PLUNDER"

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Any of the above --->"You get yo @$$ SHOT!"

Clear enough for your LA Times "style book"?

[SunkenCiv]

Partisan Media Shills update.

[Deplorable American1776]

Looting is Racist according to the LA Times? I guess it will be called UNDOCUMENTED SHOPPING!! 😋

[GOPJ]

How about 'Peaceful Protest with Financial Benefits'..

[gogeo]

Redefine the word and the problem goes away.

[VeniVidiVici]

Guess they can’t say “Negroes and pasty Snowflakes gone wild”.

[9YearLurker]

From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loot (originally taken from a Hindi/Urdu word in the 18th century): loot noun \ ˈlüt \ Definition of loot (Entry 1 of 2) 1: goods usually of considerable value taken in war : SPOILS The soldiers helped themselves to any loot that they could find. 2: something held to resemble goods of value seized in war: such as a: something appropriated illegally often by force or violence the thieves' loot b: illicit gains by public officials c: MONEY would not … spend all that loot on her — Langston Hughes 3: the action of looting general loot of church land — Hilaire Belloc loot verb looted; looting; loots Definition of loot (Entry 2 of 2) transitive verb 1a: to plunder or sack in war b: to rob especially on a large scale and usually by violence or corruption 2: to seize and carry away by force especially in war intransitive verb : to engage in robbing or plundering especially in war Other Words from loot Synonyms Choose the Right Synonym More Example Sentences Learn More about loot Other Words from loot Verb looter noun Synonyms for loot Synonyms: Noun booty, pillage, plunder, spoil, swag Synonyms: Verb despoil, maraud, pillage, plunder, ransack, sack Visit the Thesaurus for More Choose the Right Synonym for loot Noun SPOIL, PLUNDER, BOOTY, PRIZE, LOOT mean something taken from another by force or craft. SPOIL, more commonly SPOILS, applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest. the spoils of political victory PLUNDER applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling. a bootlegger's plunder BOOTY implies plunder to be shared among confederates. thieves dividing up their booty PRIZE applies to spoils captured on the high seas or territorial waters of the enemy. the wartime right of seizing prizes at sea LOOT applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe. picked through the ruins for loot Examples of loot in a Sentence Noun After raiding the town, the soldiers helped themselves to any loot that they could find. The thieves got a lot of loot in the robbery. See More Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Its emotes, in-game loot offers, and other mainstays have a near gravitational pull on millions. — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, "Microsoft Gives Up on Mixer," 22 June 2020 Microsoft's E3 Deals Microsoft's sale feels like peeking inside a loot box. — Louryn Strampe, Wired, "The Best E3 Game Sales," 11 June 2020 These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'loot.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback. See More First Known Use of loot

[TXnMA]

Whooee! Info (and eyeball) overload!

Thank you!

Now if we could just beat the snowflakes at AP, LA Times, etc. who "write style books" over the head with that, maybe they wouldn't be quite so knee-jerk ready to futz with the language for dumb@$$3d "political correctness" reasons!

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Nah -- never happen; brains required... :-(
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Thanks again!

TXnMA