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Wtf. Is it possible for the government to ban words?
These "official documents being prepared for next year's budget" are presumably publicly accessible but not aimed at the general public? I don't get it. Whose sensibilities would the word "vulnerable" offend? -
What are they trying to distract attention from?
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https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/941837194032857089
https://sciencealert.com/centre-disease-control-us-government-banned-words
Trump has banned the CDC from using the terms "evidence-based" and "science-based", among other things. Trying to hide the disparity between those parts of the administration still living in the real world and the nutjob conspiracy freaks in charge.
What can we expect to see next in terms of policies that need this protection? I wouldn't be surprised if anti-vaccination policy appeared, frankly.