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

[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.

[Rurudyne]

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

[P.O.E.]

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

[higgmeister]

A person could be bludgeoned by a hammer so it has to be called a nail getter, or manual leverage fastening tool.

[Lurker]

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.

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[glorgau]

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.

[glorgau]

BIPOC = anybody but “whites”

[Secret Agent Man]

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

[Salamander]

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

I better stop wearing those.

:D

[jonrick46]

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.

[Salamander]

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

[LeoTDB69]

“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.

[matt04]

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.

[Honorary Serb]

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

PHOOEY to Brandeis University!!!!

[BenLurkin]

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.”

[Jewbacca]

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

Theft of their culture!

[Flick Lives]

Well, this is just out of the question.

[Jewbacca]

“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.

[Flick Lives]

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.

[Rainbow Rising]

Can I still say “Semprini”?

[skimbell]

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.