Posted on 03/15/2014 10:48:35 AM PDT by Kaslin
First Lady Michelle Obama is not content nagging Americans about their food choices. She has now decided to lecture us about our word usage. Along with pop star Beyonce and actress Jennifer Garner among others, the First Lady is urging Americans to ban the word “bossy.” She believes that use of the word somehow inhibits young girls from becoming leaders.
This whole effort is typical of liberal campaigns to lecture Americans about everything from their diet to their healthcare choices. Far too many of these liberals believe they know what is best and need to offer such guidance for the typical American is overweight, ignorant, sexist and racist.
It is clear that liberals like the First Lady desperately want to limit freedom in the march toward increased government control. In fact, the whole concept of freedom threatens liberals, so they constantly attack it. The problem for liberals is that the United States of America is the “land of the free” and our country was founded on the concepts of liberty and freedom.
It seems the First Lady and her friends would be more comfortable in a communist or totalitarian system. In fact, this whole movement is reminiscent of Orwell’s classic novel, 1984, in which a totalitarian government banned words and engaged in thought control.
These are quite Orwellian times in our nation; however, it is ironic that these activists are so concerned with the word “bossy,” but obviously unconcerned with the way Beyonce’s husband Jay-Z and other rappers treat women. These so called artists regularly refer to women in the most vulgar and obscene terms. It would be much more constructive for these elitists to focus on the horrible treatment of women in rap music instead of trying to ban words.
In a free country, words should not be “banned.” It is fine for polite society to discourage the use of profanity and degrading terms such as the “N-word,” but “bossy” is neither vulgar nor derogatory. It is also not a word that describes only girls or youngsters.
This misguided effort is being organized by a group called LeanIn.org, a leftist website which claims that “girls are less interested in leadership than boys and that’s because they are worried about being called bossy.” In reality, it is highly doubtful that young girls are making such complaints. Overall, this campaign is absurd, offensive and truly laughable.
What the “ban bossy” movement displays is that liberals are always trying to discount the innate differences between the sexes, which are regularly displayed among boys and girls in classrooms throughout the country. Sadly, for Mrs. Obama, her activism will not be able to override biological facts. Research shows that boys tend to be more aggressive and talkative, while girls are more passive and less likely to get into trouble at school.
It should come as no surprise that boys ask more questions in class and assume more leadership positions in school. This does not mean that boys are smarter or have a greater chance to succeed in the business world; it only highlights the fact that boys and girls are different and no amount of liberal re-education will change that law of nature.
This feminist crusade overlooks what is really happening in our country. Contrary to these ridiculous claims, American young women are prospering quite nicely. Recent data shows that females comprise the majority among students attending colleges, graduate schools and doctoral programs.
To continue to succeed, girls don’t need liberals to ban words, just get out of their way. Ironically, the more the word police try to help young women, the more they will hurt them as liberalism never solves any problem, another irrefutable law of nature.
considering that we will be judged for every word we speak, I think they should concentrate on speaking the truth first.
Another lefty ploy, I heard the lesbian scouts are already on board
These idiots should be happy to hear the word “bossy”. B/c whoever says it usually has another “B” word on their mind they’d rather say.
Blow me. How’s that for a word.
Personally, I find her a bossy, ugly bitch.
Lord knows she’s probably heard it all her life.
“not a word that describes only girls or youngsters.”
I sense that mooch..was exposed to Bossy via Childhood Literature and may have...at some point been unfavorably compared to a cow...
Mooch is the epitome of “bossy”.
Idiots, yes. Being ‘bossy’ applies to both men and women bosses. Even your pet milk cow is often called ‘bossy’. But they maybe in one sense, I never heard of a bull called ‘bossy’, but anyway they are full of bull s..t.
Now all of a sudden it's a freakin CRISIS.
Totally fabricated issue.
When I was a little kid, the word bossy was very often followed by “cow”. I guess it still should be.
Bossy Ladies Against Bossy - BLAB
I am tired of that bossy woman, and I’m tired of bossy liberals in general. I can’t wait for Barack O, Michelle O, Nancy Pelosi, all of their bossy friends to disappear from my life.
34 more months
My gosh, next she’ll want to ban,”fussbudget”,
“Fatass”, and “Wide Load”.
Hey Mooch, the English language evolved into the preeminent language on the planet without your help.
Chopper is not pleased... 
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