Posted on 03/12/2017 10:44:25 AM PDT by lowbridge
Air Force troops have been warned not to use certain words and phrases because they might be deemed offensive. An email saying that certain words such as “boy,” “girl,” and “blackmail” should not be used was sent to Airmen at Joint Base San Antonio Texas, the Daily Mail reported.
The email included an attachment with a list of words that “may be construed as offensive.”
“You people” also made the list, as well as “colonial,” “blacklist,” and the phrase “blondes have more fun.”
Someone leaked the list to Fox News, where it gained national media attention.
According to Fox News, the list did contain some genuinely offensive phrases, but commonly said phrases peppered the list as well.
A senior Air Force leader wrote the email and sent it to Airmen at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. It is unclear how many personnel received the email.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
From what I saw of them, it is a business, not so much military.
You know, as I think back, I was often offended in basic training at Lackland AFB. And I was called “boy”.
Thanks to the Air Force I am not a snowflake.
“If an airman has a child can he say “It’s a boy”????”
Worse still - what if said airman hands out (gasp!) cigars?
The end goal of liberals is not just to restrict speech but to restrict thought. Do away with “bad” words so that bad thoughts cannot be expressed.
George Orwell accurately predicted it 60 years ago in the novel 1984. He just predicted it too soon.
Airperson. Except person is a matriarchal word based on per son. What is a good PC alternative to person?
I guess girls will be girls is out.
What Dame came up with this list?
Oh Lord! Can’t these leftist people be suppressed?
Wing people
That might offend birds.
Lol! The USAF has always been the most “progressive” of the services.
The end goal of liberals is not just to restrict speech but to restrict thought. Do away with “bad” words so that bad thoughts cannot be expressed.
Political Correctness was designed by Communists after the Russian Revolution to control the narrative.
It has worked very well.
Oh right good point.
It would be interesting to know who this person is and what their job title is.
What’s wrong with “ Sounds Greek to me “?
Greeks are White and Christian, plus it’s a macho culture. So aren’t they responsible for all the evils of the world? Why isn’t it OK to dump on Greeks?
< / s >
That was mighty white of you.
The Progressives a crazier than Loons.
This has to be fixed.
Trump needs to fire/resign the officers propagating this PC Ivy league BS.
What is a “senior Air Force leader?” Was the guy a Major, or what? Anyway he must be gay to put out that kind of an order.
Instead of boy, how about hizes
“ “ girl, how about herzs
Instead of “you people”, hey alls ya alls.
“ “ Colonial, the old country,
“ “ blackmail, “I’m gonna tell”
“ “ blacklist, “pass the yellow sheet”
“ “ Blondes have more fun, now that we’re whitehaired
we can get by with more fun
Evidently the fellow who made up this list is military with no brass.
I think that might be offensive to loons.....
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