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Re:Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations by sfblah on Friday August 01, 2025 @07:10PM (#44763450)
How about using terms like "pregnant people"? Or the fact that on my local NPR station I can count down from 60 and something like 80% of the time, before I reach 0, they've talked about race or ethnicity at least once.
Re:Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations by laughing_man on Saturday August 02, 2025 @07:35AM (#44766765)
That's my complaint. Decades ago I enjoyed NPR when I drove to work. It was always left leaning, but at least the programs discussed topics I found interesting or cared about for one reason or another.

These days the only thing they talk about are racial and sexual minorities. I can't express how little this kind of factionalism interests me. I'm not arguing that kind of content shouldn't be produced, but I don't want to pay for it.

Re:Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations by const_cast on Sunday August 03, 2025 @12:54PM (#44777901)
> How about using terms like "pregnant people"?

You mean like countless medical journals do?

Look, I hate to say it, but if this is the type of stuff you're complaining about, then you have a weird persecution fetish. This is simply not a real problem. It is made up. It is culture war bullshit. You sound like a cry baby.

> before I reach 0, they've talked about race or ethnicity at least once.

Yeah because race and ethnicity have A LOT to do with crime. Again, you can cover your ears and go "lalala not listening!", but after a certain point we have to call the delusional, delusional, and move on with our lives.

It's not like race wasn't a thing in the past. It's just that nobody talked about it because they were racist. That's how that works. Now, we're not so racist, so when race is a factor in things we don't just fucking ignore it.

Re:Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations by sfblah on Monday August 04, 2025 @02:36AM (#44782692)
That’s not why they talk about race and you know it. And the pregnant people thing is just a dogwhistle. It’s not my fault most of American science has been captured by the far left.