You have the power to murder your neighbours in their sleep. You haven't done it yet, but I am very worried that you have the power to do it.
It is an irrelevant anecdote.
There is also a precedent for no retaliation in academia, and Stanford definitely has the power to do nothing - as the initiative clearly indicates.
Did you happen to see that we aren't talking about the same person? I posted McWhorter's opinion piece about the man from Purdue who did a stupid imitation of Chinese, without realizing how insulting it was.
We aren't talking about the same person, which I already explained in an earlier post. I hate that this discussion is already going off the rails. Oh wait. Is "going off the rails" an expression we are being asked not to use?
Don't you get it? Terms that have been used for decades without any malice, despite their original meanings, are being used to target people who simply aren't woke enough for some of the extremists on the Left.
This claim is oddly covalent with an actual legal system that exists in the real world, the Azande witch courts... the witch is often unconscious of their crime, so accusing them of evil actions while asleep is a credible claim deserving of investigation. You need a diviner and a battery of oracular tests to pursue a case against an accused witch, though. It may not be the most rational form of evidence, but there still has to be some sort of evidence presented, even in a witch trial severely weighted against the defendant. In this thread, even "spectral evidence" sadly lacking thus far. We started out with very confident claims: everyone knows this is absolutely happening. Now we're down to silly arguments like "well it could happen" and "well if it did I bet you would be happy"...
I’ve gone to…two. The first was my 10 year reunion and I went out of a combination of curiosity and nostalgia and decided I never need attend another. Never even thought about it for another 15-20 years. By then I had mellowed a bit but still didn’t get around to it for some more years. I enjoyed seeing some faces but honestly the handful of high school people I’m still friends with, I see/talk to outside of the dwindling crowd. I was rather worried people would talk politics but thankfully mostly people talked about their grandchildren and the good old days. Only one who mentioned politics was a guy who literally saved my life one time so it was no big deal…
Whereas posting outraged nonsense on the internet about half-remembered news stories the rightwing media cooked up years ago in no way plays into their hands? These people are playing for keeps, you know.
We should not swear at work.
Ladies and gentleman?Nah. This is an effort to control language for a political agenda. It’s about power. Thankfully, it looks like it failed and Stanford is embarrassed.
Your employer, generally speaking.
Oh? How so?
Right now I am sitting in my work canteen, and every third word anyone is uttering is a swear word.
It's even less controversial because it's about the I.T. website and code or at least it appears to be.
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Confusing ought with is?
I have no idea what you're trying to say and for your information, I have discussed racism and oppression with some of my Black friends. My closest one denies ever being a victim of racism, although I imagine there were probably times when she didn't realize she was being treated differently because of her race. And, what does racism have to do with most of the language on that list? Having black friends isn't a pride thing, I just happen to live in a Black majority town so I've had the opportunity to make friends with people who are Black. I grew up in an all white neighborhood, and while there were many immigrant families in my area, there were no Black families in my area. I hated that. IBesides that, I've always admired Black culture and the strength of Black women. It's more of a humbling experience than a prideful one to get to know people who have have different cultural experiences and may have been victims of racism. Btw, when I worked in ATL, a couple of the Black supervisors were always pulling the race card on my white supervisor. They accused her of racism, whenever our QA staff found an issue that needed to be addressed. That shocked me, as my supervisor never said or acted in a racist manner. We found plenty of errors made by white nurses too. It was our job to point out mistakes and documentation errors. I was told by one very friendly Black supervisor that I should never have believed the MLK bullshit, so yeah. I've discussed all kinds of things with my Black peers and friends. But, that has nothing to do with the silliness of that list.
You say no words can hurt you, yet you're pretending to be somehow oppressed by a table of unenforced but recommended language changes circulating in a particular department at a private college you do not attend. It's an insult to anyone who has ever faced actual hardship in their lives. You say you're just worried about what the "far right" will do, but they will try to burn Stanford to the ground whether there are language spreadsheets in the IT department or not. Nothing Stanford could do or you or I could do is going to be "enough" for the right wing spin machine to give up on the idea of either controlling or destroying the university system. This has been their goal for a very long time, and it is not going to change because the professors get to call the students k-----s and n-------s in class at this school or that one. You cannot convince them that a vast conspiracy against middle class whites does not exist. You can choose whether or not to spread their propaganda for them, though, and currently you are choosing to do so.I have no idea what you're trying to say and for your information, I have discussed racism and oppression with some of my Black friends. My closest one denies ever being a victim of racism, although I imagine there were probably times when she didn't realize she was being treated differently because of her race. And, what does racism have to do with most of the language on that list? Having black friends isn't a pride thing, I just happen to live in a Black majority town so I've had the opportunity to make friends with people who are Black. I grew up in an all white neighborhood, and while there were many immigrant families in my area, there were no Black families in my area. I hated that. IBesides that, I've always admired Black culture and the strength of Black women. It's more of a humbling experience than a prideful one to get to know people who have have different cultural experiences and may have been victims of racism. Btw, when I worked in ATL, a couple of the Black supervisors were always pulling the race card on my white supervisor. They accused her of racism, whenever our QA staff found an issue that needed to be addressed. That shocked me, as my supervisor never said or acted in a racist manner. We found plenty of errors made by white nurses too. It was our job to point out mistakes and documentation errors. I was told by one very friendly Black supervisor that I should never have believed the MLK bullshit, so yeah. I've discussed all kinds of things with my Black peers and friends. But, that has nothing to do with the silliness of that list.
Women, regardless of the color of our skin, have probably all been victims of sexism. I know I have. We've been hit on well into old age, by men. We've been raped or threatened with rape, but that has nothing to do with the words on that list, imo. "Actions speak louder than words." Being referred to as a guy isn't going to hurt me or anyone else. Even my parrot calls me a guy. When ever I enter the room she says, "Hi guy".
With very few exceptions, I don't use any of the words or phrases on that list, but I'm not going to judge anyone who does. There are some very hurtful words that aren't on the list. Sometimes people are very ignorant, like the person who worked at Purdue who is now under constant fire for doing something very stupid. Don't you believe that forgiveness is often a good thing if someone didn't realize they were being insulting without realizing it? Do you judge people for the dumb things they say?
While no words can hurt me, I'm very careful not to use words that I think might hurt someone else. I realize that some people are a lot more sensitive than I am, but there are limits to how far we need to go when it comes to worrying about the overly "woke" who, imo, are giving lots of ammunition to those on the far right. I would prefer that we just treat each other with kindness and stop worrying about every little word that is spoken.
Boy, you are easily controlled if suggesting that you consider something amounts to “very tightly” controlling your puppet strings. Maybe you should work on that instead of attacking people who offer suggestions that could improve your standing.
