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RE: Trump Administration bans CDC from using terms like "Science Based" and "Transgender"
December 19, 2017 at 1:48 pm
Right. There wasn't a 'banned' list of words, but there were certain terms that they were encouraged not to use, or find alternatives for, if they wanted a chance of getting support/funding from Congress. Still distressing that a scientific organization would have to use certain words to not make lawmakers feel icky or confused, but better than a ban.
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RE: Trump Administration bans CDC from using terms like "Science Based" and "Transgender"
December 19, 2017 at 2:07 pm
(December 19, 2017 at 1:54 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (December 19, 2017 at 1:48 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Right. There wasn't a 'banned' list of words, but there were certain terms that they were encouraged not to use, or find alternatives for, if they wanted a chance of getting support/funding from Congress. Still distressing that a scientific organization would have to use certain words to not make lawmakers feel icky or confused, but better than a ban.
Self-censorship is still censorship.
That's what I mean - it's crazy that they have to tailor their budget proposals around certain buzzwords like 'transgender' and 'evidence-based' that apparently trigger the GOP members of Congress.
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RE: Trump Administration bans CDC from using terms like "Science Based" and "Transgender"
December 19, 2017 at 5:00 pm
What a bunch of GOP "snowflakes"
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RE: Trump Administration bans CDC from using terms like "Science Based" and "Transgender"
December 20, 2017 at 6:51 pm
(This post was last modified: December 20, 2017 at 6:51 pm by Pat Mustard.
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(December 20, 2017 at 4:09 pm)Hammy Wrote: (December 16, 2017 at 2:43 am)Cecelia Wrote: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/...f7b387792c
List of words the CDC can't use anymore:
Fetus
Science-Based
Transgender
Evidence-Based
Vulnerable
Diversity
Entitlement
Yeah, totally not fascism or anything like that. This is just crazy. What's next? "All scientific claims must start with "God"?" Republicans will quietly gloss over this, acting like this is totally normal.
1984
Just waiting for Trump to say from now on we can't say bad, we have to say "ungood."
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