“Policeman,” “congressman” and even the gender-neutral descriptor “freshman” have been deemed “oppressive” at Massachusetts’ Brandeis University, a small, elite private school in Waltham, because they are “gender exclusive.”
If there’s a campus barbershop, it shouldn’t be talking any “walk-in” appointments, as the term has been deemed “ableist.”
Brandeis’ Prevention, Advocacy and Resource Center is described on the school’s website as a resource for students impacted by violence, sexual assault or stalking.
But you might say the PARC’s “oppressive language list” is “killing it” in the push for progressive limitations on speech – except you can’t, because “if someone is doing well, we don’t need to equate that to murder!”
Instead, say “Great job!” or “Awesome!”
As a rule of thumb, you shouldn’t say “rule of thumb.”
“This expression comes from an old British law allowing men to beat their wives with sticks no wider than their thumb,” PARC’s list explains.
Say “general rule” instead.
“Picnic” is also taboo, according to the PARC.
“The term picnic is often associated with lynchings of Black people in the United States, during which White spectators were said to have watched while eating, referring to them as picnics or other terms involving racial slurs against Black people.”
But, but, but….Wouldn’t saying ‘Great job!’ be suggestive of employment and totally diminish, crush and oppress those not yet earning an income, or those who are trust funders destined never to work?
Asking for a friend.
lol!
Oh the hypocrisy of these vile evil souless luciferian lying decepatacons. Who the real oppressors here?
Shit, as you can see I’ve never gotten the proper English language down after all these years. Now they go and change what little I already know. But what’s new with these fruits? They are rewriting history as we speak. I’m glad President Donald J Trump taught us what fake means. Because not only the news, but everything is fake. Example, we aren’t sure nowadays if it’s politically correct for a born male to go in which restroom. Hell, I always thought if the bathroom had BOYS on the door, males use it. If the bathroom had GIRLS on the door, females use it. I’m just a simple man, but it’s getting confusing to me.
Yet at home we all use the same bathroom without issues. Confusing times indeed.
Enough to make anyone puke!!