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Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Bob Noel on August 11, 2025, 05:12:27 AM

Title: newspeak
Post by: Bob Noel on August 11, 2025, 05:12:27 AM
Apparently "committed suicide" is going to be a forbidden phrase.

Reported in today's Boston Herald, a Boston city councilor:

"Councilor Sharon Dur-
kan argued that she felt
triggered by Flynn’s hear-
ing order, saying the issue is
“deeply personal” and that
she doesn’t have “animus”
with her colleague speak-
ing out about the problem.
Rather, Durkan said she
felt “really strongly about
not using the term ‘com-
mitted suicide’ and instead,
using the term ‘died by sui-
cide.’” Flynn’s hearing order
didn’t use the phrase “com-
mitted suicide.”

I know suicide can be a deeply emotional issue with people, a lot of veterans commit suicide, a lot of people have suicidal ideation, but geez, can we please focus on the fundamental problem and not go all pc-speak?

Title: Re: newspeak
Post by: azure on August 11, 2025, 01:45:04 PM
Last fall, on a particularly spectacular day, a friend told me that "Indian summer" is now considered offensive. I had never heard this before, but apparently the American Meteorological Society now uses the p.c. term "second summer" instead.

https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Indian_summer (https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Indian_summer)

Title: Re: newspeak
Post by: Rush on August 11, 2025, 02:47:06 PM
Last fall, on a particularly spectacular day, a friend told me that "Indian summer" is now considered offensive. I had never heard this before, but apparently the American Meteorological Society now uses the p.c. term "second summer" instead.

https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Indian_summer (https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Indian_summer)

Good grief.
Title: Re: newspeak
Post by: Number7 on August 11, 2025, 04:53:47 PM
One of the cornerstones of a communist takeover involves altering language and rewriting history.

The stupid runs deep in most liberals.