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Now 'trigger warning' is banned by Brandeis University along with the 'offensive' phrases 'picnic', 'rule of thumb' and 'take a shot at it'
UK Daily Mail ^ | 06/24/2021 | Ross Ibbetson

Posted on 06/24/2021 12:45:59 PM PDT by DFG

A liberal arts college in Massachusetts has warned its students and faculty against using 'violent language' - even banning the phrase 'trigger warning' for its association with guns.

Brandeis University in Waltham has created an anti-violence resource called the Prevention, Advocacy & Resource Center which provides information and advice to students and staff.

It lists words and idioms, including 'picnic' and 'rule of thumb,' which it claims are 'violent' and suggests dreary alternatives such as 'outdoor eating' for the former and 'general rule' for the latter.

The college claims that 'picnic is often associated with lynchings of black people in the United States, during which white spectators were said to have watched while eating, referring to them as picnics or other terms involving racial slurs against black people.'

Picnic is derived from the French 'pique-nique,' originally used to describe the taking of one's own wine to a meal, which later evolved to encompass the sharing of food outdoors and started being used in England in the 18th century.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: brandeis; picnic; trigger
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To: southernindymom

Or sing the Animaniacs song about Lake Titicaca on street corners.


41 posted on 06/24/2021 1:29:54 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: DFG

How about we just yodel through an auto-tune, and call it music.


42 posted on 06/24/2021 1:30:54 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: DFG
A person could be bludgeoned by a hammer so it has to be called a nail getter, or manual leverage fastening tool.
43 posted on 06/24/2021 1:31:58 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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To: DFG

We’re I there I would use every single one of the words and phrases every single day and dare them to do anything about it.

L


44 posted on 06/24/2021 1:32:50 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: DFG

The worst thing is that somebody was PAID GOOD MONEY (which is probably a racist term since slaves were once bought with money) to create and propagate this idiocy.


45 posted on 06/24/2021 1:32:53 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Rurudyne

BIPOC = anybody but “whites”


46 posted on 06/24/2021 1:33:56 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: DFG

I WANNA BE A KAREN tot he tune of i wanna be a cowboy

I’m ridin in my Range
Rover

I got my mask
On

I got my chip
On

I’m ridin on my high
Horse

His name is......TRIGGER
Of course

Micro, micro aggression....

I wanna be a Karen
And you can be my Kevin


47 posted on 06/24/2021 1:35:05 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: DFG

I must have a dozen The Walking Dead/Daryl Dixon “Killin’ It” t shirts.

I better stop wearing those.

:D


48 posted on 06/24/2021 1:37:16 PM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: DFG

What about the word denigrate? Do you see the word nigrate? What does that mean? Brandeis University in Waltham needs to jump in the lake and have sex with the fish.


49 posted on 06/24/2021 1:38:54 PM PDT by jonrick46 ( Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I look forward to the people on street corners with signs that say “EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSECURITY. PLEASE HELP.”


50 posted on 06/24/2021 1:39:26 PM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: SES1066

“When, when, I beg of the WORLD, will the Sun come out to melt this snowflake existential traumatic view of life?”

Not until enough people quit giving a damn about each little offensive thought. Words were never intended to not be offensive, they are in place to communicate.


51 posted on 06/24/2021 1:39:32 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: DFG

So Instead of saying “committed suicide”, it is apparently more appropriate to say “died by suicide.” I fail to see the difference in either of those.


52 posted on 06/24/2021 1:40:15 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: Seruzawa

We had a Serbian PICNIC two Sundays ago after Divine Liturgy!!!!

PHOOEY to Brandeis University!!!!


53 posted on 06/24/2021 1:42:15 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Seruzawa

Just close these universities.

Seriously. Nail boards over the doors and windows.

Cut the lefty loon profs and administrators off from their egregiously bloated salaries. Give them job applications for fast food places.

Tell them, “It’ll be no picnic, but take a stab at it anyway.”


54 posted on 06/24/2021 1:43:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: IC Ken

“We are to use “Out door eating? Isn’t that strictly for the homeless?”

Theft of their culture!


55 posted on 06/24/2021 1:43:15 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Seruzawa

Well, this is just out of the question.

56 posted on 06/24/2021 1:43:47 PM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: BenLurkin

“Just close these universities.”

Not necessary. Just end federal student loan program.

And financial aid except for veterans.

Academic scholarships only, based on merit, only.

The crappy liberal schools and degrees will fold all by themselves.


57 posted on 06/24/2021 1:45:20 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: monkeyshine

All this sort of language manipulation does is create more acrimony and grudges and division.

And that is the purpose. That and to exert control over others.


58 posted on 06/24/2021 1:45:42 PM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: DFG

Can I still say “Semprini”?


59 posted on 06/24/2021 1:46:06 PM PDT by Rainbow Rising (Defund the FBI!)
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To: RightLady
One school year I had another teacher jump me about using the term ‘picnic’ while mentioning that years school picnic.
He assured me that the term was a derivative of the word picaninny and that he, being black, was all sort of offended by the term.
I told him that I understood his being offended by that use of the word, but that I was using the word that was derived from the French...pique-nique and that that had nothing to do with picaninny.
60 posted on 06/24/2021 1:47:04 PM PDT by skimbell
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