Re:“Forbidden-Word” Lists Are a Symptom of Administrative Bloat
by noduerme on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @08:17AM
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I just watched the Three Amigos the other day! It wasn't that funny anymore, but ... come on.
What's the problem with "war games"?
Re:“Forbidden-Word” Lists Are a Symptom of Administrative Bloat
by guntherhermann on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @08:20AM
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the document says it is "violent language".
the reasoning for "three amigos" is that it is "racially loaded language"
Re:“Forbidden-Word” Lists Are a Symptom of Administrative Bloat
by noduerme on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @08:27AM
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Violent language?! How do they suggest you write about actual wars?
[edit] I won't even dignify the stupidity of conflating the Spanish language with a race - then its use with racism - with a response, except to say that such a view could only arise among the privileged children of racists in a very small part of the United States.
Re:“Forbidden-Word” Lists Are a Symptom of Administrative Bloat
by Avicebron on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @08:23AM
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I just briefly checked 'muskateer' on Wikipedia, of all the old pictures listed on the page, I couldn't find one that depicted a non male-presenting one, does that make 'muskateer' gender-charged as in the "three muskateers'
Re:“Forbidden-Word” Lists Are a Symptom of Administrative Bloat
by itronitron on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @02:15PM
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I'm lucky in that for most of my career I worked in an organization where if you alienated any of your colleagues you increased the odds of not having future work.
master
blacklist/whitelist
crazy/idiotic/stupid
"skin a cat"
"black market"
"black box testing" / "white box testing"
"three amigos"
"war games"
?
These are the kinds of words people are talking about, not historical slurs.
I work for a very large company. These words are in a list of words we're "not allowed" to use. There are even more ridiculous ones (e.g. can't use "normal" to describe things)