Trump administration forbids CDC officials from using 7 words and phrases

[TalkRadio]

Trump administration officials are forbidding officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases - including "fetus" and "transgender" - in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget.

Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are: "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-cdc-forbidden-words-20171215-story.html

 

[Liar]

Seems like a world like "vulnerable" would come up quite often in documents about, you know, controlling diseases and stuff.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Seems like a world like "vulnerable" would come up quite often in documents about, you know, controlling diseases and stuff.

susceptible could work.

 

[Amoebah]

https://adamventures.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/george-carlin-seven-deadly-words-500x312.jpg

 

[Liar]

https://adamventures.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/george-carlin-seven-deadly-words-500x312.jpg

They need to use those more in CDC reports.

 

[phrodeau]

The Russian equivalents will be accepted.

 

[stickygirl]

"It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words"

 

[Bert Notorius]

"It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words"

obama banned:

“negro” and “oriental”

but that's ok.

 

[Hypoxia]

obama banned:

“negro” and “oriental”

but that's ok.

Citation, Bertie?

 

[Bert Notorius]

Citation, Bertie?

It’s true that President Obama signed H.R. 4238 into law on 20 May 2016, which replaced outdated and inflammatory terms (such as “negro” and “oriental”, among others) with more modernized language commonly used to describe minorities in specified statutes. The legislation did not ban or make use of those terms illegal in public, nor did it outlaw the United Negro College Fund or Martin Luther King’s speeches.

-snopes

 

[someoneyouknow]

Who cares about science? It's only about what one believes.

I'm sure the same people who don't believe in science-based evidence don't get vaccines, right?

 

[Bert Notorius]

Who cares about science? It's only about what one believes.

I'm sure the same people who don't believe in science-based evidence don't get vaccines, right?

science doesn't always
get it right:

thalidomide.

 

[Hypoxia]

obama banned:

“negro” and “oriental”

but that's ok.

The legislation did not ban or make use of those terms illegal in public, nor did it outlaw the United Negro College Fund or Martin Luther King’s speeches.

In other words, you lied up front. No ban. Sad. But at least you admitted it. Say three Hail Marys.

science doesn't always
get it right:

thalidomide.

Science works to correct itself. Religion doesn't. Cf Australian priests.

 

[Bert Notorius]

In other words, you lied up front. No ban. Sad. But at least you admitted it. Say three Hail Marys.

Science works to correct itself. Religion doesn't. Cf Australian priests.

i believe the discussion
is in regards to
government documents.

you do see the distinction?

 

[Bert Notorius]

In other words, you lied up front. No ban. Sad. But at least you admitted it. Say three Hail Marys.

Science works to correct itself. Religion doesn't. Cf Australian priests.

sure.
once the damage
is done.

both believe
they are working
in the best interests
of civilization. no?

 

[phrodeau]

science doesn't always
get it right:

thalidomide.

Science determined that thalidomide causes birth defects. How was that not right?

 

[Bert Notorius]

Science determined that thalidomide causes birth defects. How was that not right?

the proper order
should have been:

science determines
thalidomide causes
birth defects.

ergo,
don't administer it
to humans.

 

[CeriseBuss]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-cdc-forbidden-words-20171215-story.html

Because we surely don't want emergency procedures that are based in scientific evidence!

Let's just base them on gut instincts at times of panic.

 

[stickygirl]

What I see is goverment over-reach, yes. Sound familiar? Trumpy state is frightened by words. Sad

 

[Bert Notorius]

What I see is goverment over-reach, yes. Sound familiar? Trumpy state is frightened by words. Sad

i entirely agree.
it's a
governmental issue,
not dependent on
any particular
party.

 

[Hypoxia]

i entirely agree.
it's a
governmental issue,
not dependent on
any particular
party.

Dums didn't ban these words. Gups did. Dums didn't ban ethnicity terms. Gups spew ethnic insults. It IS sort of a partisan thing.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Dums didn't ban these words. Gups did. Dums didn't ban ethnicity terms. Gups spew ethnic insults. It IS sort of a partisan thing.

governmental intrusions
affect everyone
regardless of
affiliation.

the manipulation
of words is
only an example of
one of the
milder forms.

 

[stickygirl]

governmental intrusions
affect everyone
regardless of
affiliation.

So you agree that banning words is wrong?

 

[someoneyouknow]

science doesn't always
get it right:

thalidomide.

You mean science, using the scientific method of evidence-based deduction, showed thalidomide was the cause of the problems?

 

[Bert Notorius]

So you agree that banning words is wrong?

you mean "negro" and "oriental"?

i so rarely read
government
documents.

and i'm not
paticularily
"vulnerable" to
programing.

so, yes?