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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s the left trying to control language. Rule of thumb: If someone is telling you what to say or think, it’s probably a lefty. [/quote]

And yet you weirdos have issue with the word “unhoused.” No one demanded that you used the word. But you’re offended by other people using it!

Do you not see how insane you are?[/quote]

I’m not offended by it in the least, say whatever you want. Maybe no one is demanding it now, but soon saying “homeless” will be considered offensive and we will all be told, implicitly or explicitly, that we can’t say it. Just like we can’t say “eating disorder,” it’s now “disordered eating.” And we can’t call it “looting.” And we can’t say “pedophile,” it’s “minor attracted person.” And we can’t say “minority” it needs to be “under represented minority (URM).” All this nonsense is coming from the left. [/quote]

Except you can say literally those things. I'm serious.

Here's the NIMH using the term "eating disorder": https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/eating-disorders. Here's CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/04/health/eating-disorders-children-covid-wellness/index.html. Here's the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/well/family/teens-eating-disorders.html

Here's "looting" in the NYT (in an article that's very leftist): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/opinion/george-floyd-protests-looting.html Here's NPR: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901219045/chicago-authorities-aim-to-prevent-another-night-of-looting. Here's Joe Biden using the word: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/politics/joe-biden-pittsburgh-violence-speech/index.html

"Minor attracted person" is very rare (it's basically a term invented by one person who promptly got forced out of their position for it), and even in discussing it, the media uses the term "pedophile" and "pedophilia": https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/03/virginia-college-professor-set-off-firestorm-about-pedophilia/

Here's NPR saying "minority" last year: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1033727595/attacks-on-minorities-are-at-their-highest-level-in-12-years-fbi-reports. Here's the NYT a couple years ago: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/business/economy/jobs-report-minorities.html

That's from a few minutes Googling. All the terms you're convinced you "can't say" and they're all over the mainstream media including from voices on the left. You seem to be mistaking the fact that possibly someone somewhere will object to a term to it being forbidden. It's not. You just have to deal with the fact that people might be object.

I said this upthread, but I say homeless, and I work with this population. I have reasons I say homeless and I'm confident in my choice. I also don't care that other people say unhoused and if someone objected I could explain my reasons, and I'd be happy to discuss it with them. My language isn't controlled by other people's objections and neither is yours, why do you pretend like it is?[/quote]

PP, I had the same reaction to those crazy assertions but wouldn’t have taken the time to actually disprove them. Thumbs up to you! I also appreciate your sharing your perspective on working with the population in question. Sometimes trying to share actual facts on DCUM feels like shouting into the void when so many seem so invested in just volleying back and forth with personal opinions. Just wanted to let you know you’re appreciated. [/quote]

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