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45 Administration bans CDC from using relevant words
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 8:47 pm
by Fuzzy Necromancer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 957996001/
The CDC is banned from using "vulnerable", "transgender", "diversity," "science-based" and other rather pertinent words in their official documents.
Re: 45 Administration bans CDC from using relevant words
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 12:58 am
by Admiral X
One would think this would violate the First Amendment in some way. And besides, it's the kind of thing one would expect from fascists and communists, not a democratic republic.
Re: 45 Administration bans CDC from using relevant words
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 3:07 am
by SiskosMuthaFknPmphnd
Admiral X wrote:One would think this would violate the First Amendment in some way. And besides, it's the kind of thing one would expect from fascists and communists, not a democratic republic.
Not really. It's the government telling on of its agencies to not use certain words. That's not a violation of the First Amendment. Same as if some FBI agent kept writing 'Fuck" into his/her official reports constantly and someone had to rein them in. Only in this case it's fucking stupid. But still perfectly legal.
Re: 45 Administration bans CDC from using relevant words
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:54 am
by J!!
Re: 45 Administration bans CDC from using relevant words
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:18 pm
by Fixer
Re: 45 Administration bans CDC from using relevant words
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:43 pm
by Fuzzy Necromancer
The responses on twitter seem...mixed? I don't know enough about this area to really figure out if the doubts being leveled are valid.