The next time that someone aligned with the current administration blusters about how they support free speech, post this list of words federal agencies are being told to avoid using. Heaven forbid you use the word "injustice." www.nytimes.com/interactive/... - ThreadSky

jbf1755.bsky.social • 9 hours ago

The next time that someone aligned with the current administration blusters about how they support free speech, post this list of words federal agencies are being told to avoid using.

Heaven forbid you use the word "injustice."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k4.zTxT.C1AyfQjRGB7K&smid=url-share

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profbrooks.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Also equal opportunity. Absolute no-no

daebid.bsky.social•7 hours ago

🤦🏻‍♂️

marccunat.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Should pull this list out during GOP interviews & every time a Republican uses one of these words, stop the interview & remind them the word is on the list and they’re not allowed to use it.
Do this to every Republican on the Federal, State & local level. Humiliation works.

stampergr.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I made this in 2018 when there was a Trump list of forbidden words for scientific documents.

The fact that there 7 made me wish George Carlin was still around to repurpose his "7 Words You Can't Say On TV" bit.

So many more forbidden words this term. Inflation is out of control!

stampergr.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Strange that "Teeny-weeny Little Baby Hands" or "Yeti Pubes" aren't among the forbidden words on the latest list.

bluebird-of-fury.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Interesting that the words “white” “straight” and “cis” are not included, but “Black” “LGBTQ” “Native American” and “BIPOC” are all to be avoided. And “women” is to be avoided, but “men” is fine as long as it isn’t “men who have sex with men.” 🙄

kaycanal.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Community?

mi-forest.bsky.social•5 hours ago

People who ban words are just as bad as people who burn books and both are

t h e B A D G U Y S ! ! !

stevenglaros007.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I manage a peer reviewed medical journal on rehabilitation. I don’t see how you can discuss rehabilitation interventions without using the words “disability” or “impairment”.

stevenglaros007.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Or “at risk” for that matter.