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Posted: 12/20/2022 1:34:50 PM EDT
Stanford releases guide against ‘harmful language’ — including the word ‘American’
Stanford University released a guide this week on “harmful” language that it wants to remove from its online properties — noting that the term “American” is a no-go. The language guide, which was published Monday, aims to “eliminate many forms of harmful language, including racist, violent, and biased … language in Stanford websites and code.” Launched in May, the project, known as the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI), lists the prohibited terms under 10 categories including racism, homophobia and ableism. Under a section titled “Imprecise Language,” the guide advises readers to replace the term “American” with “U.S. citizen.” “[‘American’] often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US is the most important country in the Americas,” the packet reasons, noting that the region actually includes 42 countries between North and South America. https://nypost.com/2022/12/20/stanford-releases-guide-against-harmful-language-including-term-american/ |
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The US is the most important country in the Americas. I'll therefore keep using American.
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F that guy and he needs to leave the US where every foreign country calls us Americans.
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You can't say "American" because it infers you are from the best part of the Americas, so instead use the term "US Citizen" and directly tell them you are from the best part of the Americas.
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The beauty is that US Citizen is going to be deemed oppressive and they’ll have to come up with a less threatening term.
All the non-citizens will feel oppressed. |
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I was annoyed to discover that, on MST3K, they've changed Gypsy's name because it might offend people. Now, she's known as GPC.
What really bugs me about it is the fact that, while they've changed her name, they changed it to something that means the same thing. So, in reality, they've haven't really changed it. The only thing worse than being woke, is to not even have the strength of your woke convictions. |
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Their wrong-think will do much more harm than any “harmful language”.
Give it a year, Webster will be changing the definition to follow suit |
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American Nationalist and proud.
Narrow Views - Nationalist |
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That last sentence is bullshit. Most immigrants I talk to don't say "the United States", the all call it America, no matter where they're from. Sample size of over 100.
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Quoted: Fuck Stanford... Divest federal funding of universities NOW! View Quote Quoted: The US is the most important country in the Americas. I'll therefore keep using American. View Quote |
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American = US
North American = US + other countries South American = other countries |
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How bout we replace the word "moron" with Stanford graduate.
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What's even sadder is the number of people that will inevitably imply Mexico is in South America
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What’s even sadder is how many people will agree with Stanford.
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It's sad to see how all the prestigious schools have declined.
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“[‘American’] often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US is the most important country in the Americas,” View Quote And? |
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Quoted: Stanford releases guide against ‘harmful language’ — including the word ‘American’ Stanford University released a guide this week on “harmful” language that it wants to remove from its online properties — noting that the term “American” is a no-go. The language guide, which was published Monday, aims to “eliminate many forms of harmful language, including racist, violent, and biased … language in Stanford websites and code.” Launched in May, the project, known as the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI), lists the prohibited terms under 10 categories including racism, homophobia and ableism. Under a section titled “Imprecise Language,” the guide advises readers to replace the term “American” with “U.S. citizen.” “[‘American’] often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US is the most important country in the Americas,” the packet reasons, noting that the region actually includes 42 countries between North and South America. https://nypost.com/2022/12/20/stanford-releases-guide-against-harmful-language-including-term-american/ View Quote Fucking idiots. United States of America = “American” United States of Mexico = “Mexican” U.S. is just as conflating as “American” is. |
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Quoted: Stanford releases guide against ‘harmful language’ — including the word ‘American’ Stanford University released a guide this week on “harmful” language that it wants to remove from its online properties — noting that the term “American” is a no-go. The language guide, which was published Monday, aims to “eliminate many forms of harmful language, including racist, violent, and biased … language in Stanford websites and code.” Launched in May, the project, known as the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI), lists the prohibited terms under 10 categories including racism, homophobia and ableism. Under a section titled “Imprecise Language,” the guide advises readers to replace the term “American” with “U.S. citizen.” “[‘American’] often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US is the most important country in the Americas,” the packet reasons, noting that the region actually includes 42 countries between North and South America. https://nypost.com/2022/12/20/stanford-releases-guide-against-harmful-language-including-term-american/ View Quote |
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No problem, I'll use ''illegal alien'' for the one's that aren't US Citizens.
Deal? |
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Literally everyone else in the entire goddamn world calls us Americans. We could call ourselves Great Crested Tit Tyrants and it wouldn't make a goddamn bit of difference.
Also, the very fact that you have to write this tells me that the United States IS, in fact, the most important country in the Americas. |
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The floppy headed Canadians on the border got pissy when I told them merican when they asked nationality, and that was a long time ago.
Really butt hurt about it too. I laughed. |
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Hulk Hogan's Theme Song - Real American |
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Guilty conscience.
Reminds them that California was the site of one of the most brutal campaigns of genocide for Native Americans. |
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For the retards in the back.
Canadans are from Canadia. Mexicans are from Mexico. Argentinians are from Argentina. Thus it follows logically that Americans are from The United States of America. Dumb fucks. |
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Quoted: “[‘American’] often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US is the most important country in the Americas,” the packet reasons, noting that the region actually includes 42 countries between North and South America. View Quote Well, we are, so that might be part of the misunderstanding. I won't hold it against Stanford, though. They're a major elite academic institution which means sometimes you have to explain things slowly and with simple words. |
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If other countries get butthurt about it maybe they should try sucking less.
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Quoted: Stanford releases guide against ‘harmful language’ — including the word ‘American’ Stanford University released a guide this week on “harmful” language that it wants to remove from its online properties — noting that the term “American” is a no-go. The language guide, which was published Monday, aims to “eliminate many forms of harmful language, including racist, violent, and biased … language in Stanford websites and code.” Launched in May, the project, known as the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI), lists the prohibited terms under 10 categories including racism, homophobia and ableism. Under a section titled “Imprecise Language,” the guide advises readers to replace the term “American” with “U.S. citizen.” “[‘American’] often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US is the most important country in the Americas,” the packet reasons, noting that the region actually includes 42 countries between North and South America. https://nypost.com/2022/12/20/stanford-releases-guide-against-harmful-language-including-term-american/ View Quote This is smooth-brain latin america inferiority complex. The same people that claim we should be "United Statesians" instead of "Americans" are those that claim North and South America are one continent and we only want to be separate because we're white or something. We can't be "United Statesians" because Mexico also has "United States" in their official name. That will be racist. What other country uses America in their name? We'll be Americans, thanks. Fuck off. |
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Quoted: I was annoyed to discover that, on MST3K, they've changed Gypsy's name because it might offend people. Now, she's known as GPC. View Quote Does that mean that Fleetwood Mac is going to have to rename their song "Gypsy," or worse, memory-hole it? And where does that leave the Gypsy Kings? Do they need to change their names like the Ditzy Twits? Don't even get me started on GPC, and the racism behind branding branding discount cigarettes as Ghetto Pimp Classics with the racist dog-whistlev implication that black people don't smoke major-brand cigarettes. |
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