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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, that article really was depressing. Interesting that there's been quite a bit about Stanford in the news lately - including their idiotic "harmful language/forbidden words" nonsense.  Too bad.  I always thought Stanford would remain independent of all the liberal nuttery, but I guess not.[/quote]

The forbidden language thing was for the IT people who wrote official content for their website. Stop letting clickbait get you worked up![/quote]

PP here and I’m well aware of that.  That doesn’t change the fact that the “official content” was indeed, officially for Stanford.  How about you stop being an apologist for idiocy?[/quote]

In other words, even a minimal amount of clickbait will cause me to set my hair on fire. [/quote]

C’mon.   Calling students “frosh” instead of freshmen is stupid.   Women have been part of freshman classes for decades and no one was confused about it.   Freshmen includes women.  It’s insulting to think women can’t handle that or realize it’s being used generically.  [/quote]

Yeah, and I suppose you think non-white men and all women should have thought "all men are created equal' included them, and that 'God creating man in his image' referred to all humans. Black people have never been confused about the 'n' word, Asians were not confused by the word 'Orientals', gay men knew exactly what a 'faggot' was, etc... Language evolves in response to our increasing understanding of how it's been used derogatorily or in a way that favors one group over another. It should be insulting to you for anyone to think you can't wrap your head around a new way of doing things.[/quote]

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