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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?
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Whose sensibilities would the word "vulnerable" offend?
Trump's.
It's possible the ban comes from somebody in the administration who knows that using these words in documents will just make Trump reject them. If so, it may be a way of trying to help the CDC survive Trump, rather than censorship.
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Kelly did not say why the words are being banned, according to the analyst, and told the group that she was merely relaying the information.
The Nuremberg defence. How reassuring!
Is it possible for the government to ban words?
1st amendment rights to free speech don’t apply when working for private business but do when working for government. So I think ‘no’ ?
itsbruce
miro_o
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.