Re:“Forbidden-Word” Lists Are a Symptom of Administrative Bloat
by wonderwonder on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @10:52AM
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"Both 'homeless person' and 'slave' make the negative sound like a permanent unchangable state of affairs... as if that is that persons identity."
No they don't. There was an entire civil war that established that regarding slavery. People go from homeless to not homeless all the time.
These are very much linguistic games being played and the stakes are the careers of people that make the grevious mistake of not adhering to the made up rules.
No they don't. There was an entire civil war that established that regarding slavery. People go from homeless to not homeless all the time.
These are very much linguistic games being played and the stakes are the careers of people that make the grevious mistake of not adhering to the made up rules.