Find a comfortable chair. This is another long blog post.
I’ve been mulling over today’s topic for several weeks. It’s one thing to erase history – and the Trump Administration seems to be doing an admirable job, if that’s what you want done.
And some people do want that done. As I voiced my displeasure with everything the Trump Administration has done in two short months a classmate, whom I’ve known for 65 years, told me “it’s a beautiful thing to watch.” His comment made me nauseous.
Photo by J. Amill Santiago on Unsplash
Several days ago, the Trump Administration (or should I say, Regime?) attacked the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service. Both were targeted for having “divisive” and “anti-American” exhibits. “Divisive” and “anti-American” can be translated to mean that they have some exhibits about people of color and women of any color. It’s feeling more and more like 1931 in Germany around here.
I have a hunch the elephant pictured above that is displayed at the Smithsonian Institution will be safe, though, since the elephant is the mascot of the Republican Party.
Equally troubling to me as erasing history is the Trump Administration’s efforts to limit or perhaps erase perfectly good words from our vocabulary.
People are disappearing, history is disappearing, and words are disappearing. Our allies are disappearing, and who can blame them?
Several weeks ago, a list of words was cobbled together that the Trump Regime wants US Government agencies to “limit or avoid.” The White House denies issuing a list, but they have left government agencies to use some of their own judgment in erasing specific words from their documents and websites. It seems that the hints they’ve been given are fairly loud as they are supposed to use Trump’s too-numerous-to-mention Executive Orders as their guide.
This is rich, coming from a President who has difficulty speaking in complete sentence. (Before you jump on me… I’m not being disrespectful; there is proof all over TV, video and audio clips, the internet, and the printed word.)
You can’t make this stuff up.
In case you missed it here is the list of 298 words and combinations of words that The New York Times published on March 4, 2025, that US Government agencies are supposed to “limit or avoid”:
- accessible
- activism
- activists
- advocacy
- advocate
- advocates
- affirming care
- all-inclusive
- allyship
- anti-racism
- antiracist
- assigned at birth
- assigned female at birth
- assigned male at birth
- at risk
- barrier
- barriers
- belong
- bias
- biased
- biased toward
- biases
- biases towards
- biologically female
- biologically male
- BIPOC
- Black
- breastfeed + people
- breastfeed + person
- chestfeed + people
- chestfeed + person
- clean energy
- climate crisis
- climate science
- commercial sex worker
- community diversity
- community equity
- confirmation bias
- cultural competence
- cultural differences
- cultural heritage
- cultural sensitivity
- culturally appropriate
- culturally responsive
- DEI
- DEIA
- DEIAB
- DEIJ
- disabilities
- disability
- discriminated
- discrimination
- discriminatory
- disparity
- diverse
- diverse backgrounds
- diverse communities
- diverse community
- diverse group
- diverse groups
- diversified
- diversify
- diversifying
- diversity
- enhance the diversity
- enhancing diversity
- environmental quality
- equal opportunity
- equality
- equitable
- equitableness
- equity
- ethnicity
- excluded
- exclusion
- expression
- female
- females
- feminism
- fostering inclusivity
- GBV
- gender
- gender based
- gender based violence
- gender diversity
- gender identity
- gender ideology
- gender-affirming care
- genders
- Gulf of Mexico
- hate speech
- health disparity
- health equity
- hispanic minority
- historically
- identity
- immigrants
- implicit bias
- implicit biases
- inclusion
- inclusive
- inclusive leadership
- inclusiveness
- inclusivity
- increase diversity
- increase the diversity
- indigenous community
- inequalities
- inequality
- inequitable
- inequities
- inequity
- injustice
- institutional
- intersectional
- intersectionality
- key groups
- key people
- key populations
- Latinx
- LGBT
- LGBTQ
- marginalize
- marginalized
- men who have sex with men
- mental health
- minorities
- minority
- most risk
- MSM
- multicultural
- Mx
- Native American
- non-binary
- nonbinary
- oppression
- oppressive
- orientation
- people + uterus
- people-centered care
- person-centered
- person-centered care
- polarization
- political
- pollution
- pregnant people
- pregnant person
- pregnant persons
- prejudice
- privilege
- privileges
- promote diversity
- promoting diversity
- pronoun
- pronouns
- prostitute
- race
- race and ethnicity
- racial
- racial diversity
- racial identity
- racial inequality
- racial justice
- racially
- racism
- segregation
- sense of belonging
- sex
- sexual preferences
- sexuality
- social justice
- sociocultural
- socioeconomic
- status
- stereotype
- stereotypes
- systemic
- systemically
- they/them
- trans
- transgender
- transsexual
- trauma
- traumatic
- tribal
- unconscious bias
- underappreciated
- underprivileged
- underrepresentation
- underrepresented
- underserved
- undervalued
- victim
- victims
- vulnerable populations
- women
- women and underrepresented
Some of my thoughts on the subject
I considered using bold font to highlight my favorites/most angering/most ridiculous words on the list, but that would have been all 298 of them.
As a writer, words are my life. Words help me communicate. I’ll bet they help you, too. Without words, our communications would be extremely limited.
I haven’t read how Trump intends to enforce this or what punishments will be meted out to offenders. And who comes next? Writers? Reporters? Universities? Teachers?
Depending on your background, gender, or ethnicity, there are probably particular words on the list that strike a nerve with you.
Here are 51 that set me off
“Black” (capitalized) — I have Black friends. I don’t see anything wrong with the word “Black.” In fact, my great-grandmother’s surname was Black. My sister and I mentioned her in one of the Morrison genealogy books we published in 1996. I hope the Trump Administration will not ban our book, but we’re on a slippery slope when we start outlawing words.
“female,” “females,” “women,” and “biologically female”– Hmmm. Now those are intriguing words to put on a government’s “limit or avoid” list. I couldn’t help but notice that “male,” “males,” and “men” are not on the list, but “biologically male” is. Surely, it was an oversight on the part of the “biologically male” person who obviously wrote the list to not include “male,” “males,” and “men” on the list.
“mental health” – I have some relatives who struggle with mental health. I’m not sure what to do with this word combination now. Does the Trump Administration think by not using the words “mental health,” mental health issues will no longer exist? How wonderful it would be if we could just use a word and make a whole category of illness disappear!
“belong” – My mind jumped back to a trip to Scotland where I learned that there instead of saying, “She’s Campbeltown,” the locals would say, “She belongs to Campbeltown.” Since the plural form of the word isn’t on the list, maybe that use of it would be legal. Otherwise, Scots might want to think twice before visiting America. Oh… my bad…. They’ve all taken America off their bucket lists since January 20.
“pronoun” and “pronouns” – This is going to be challenging for English teachers, but it will simplify diagramming sentences.
“sex” and “chestfeed” – I don’t know what to say about these. I don’t want my blog to be flagged as obscene, but is “chestfeed” really a word? Is it actually a thing we need to be concerned about?
“systematically” – What?
“orientation” – I guess there will be no more orientation meetings for new government employees or college freshmen at schools that receive federal funds.
“trauma” – Some hospitals are qualified trauma centers, but I guess they won’t be much longer. Heaven forbid if they receive any federal funds.
“environmental quality” – You’ve got to be kidding, Trump! Just because you don’t want the citizens of the United States to have “environmental quality” doesn’t mean that the citizens of the United States don’t want “environmental quality.” Just because you want to drink contaminated water and breathe polluted air, Mr. Trump, doesn’t me the rest of us do. You can’t just outlaw the words “environmental quality” and make the whole concept of a healthy environment go away.
“disability,” and “disabilities,” – I shudder to think what will soon become of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It is that act that requires handicapped bathroom stalls, automatic doors to permit easy ingress and egress at government buildings, hotel rooms with bathrooms accessible to people in wheelchairs, etc. Need I keep going?
That leads me to “barrier” and “barriers” – which I think must be on the list because the Americans with Disabilities Act tries to prevent physical movement and communication barriers from remaining in place that make it difficult for blind, deaf, and people restricted to wheelchairs to do what they need to do. Have you ever wondered why you didn’t see many (or any?) ramps into public buildings in the 1950s, but now you do? They didn’t just happen. It wasn’t because architects started adding them out of the goodness of their hearts.
“race,” “racial,” “ethnicity,” and “gender” – The folks who create US Passports better get busy figuring out how to get around those questions.
“historically” – I assume this is targeting “Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” Take out the words “historically” and “Black” and it is going to be difficult to know which “colleges and universities” one is talking about. Oh… my bad… that’s the point!
“discriminated,” “discrimination,” and “discriminatory” – Are we no longer allowed to talk about or file lawsuits regarding discrimination? This is appalling!
“minority” – Lucky for the US Congress that this list, at least for now, only applies to the agencies in the Executive Branch of the government because, otherwise, they would have to come up with a new term for “Minority Whip” and “Minority Leader” in their official titles.
“expression” – Wipe that silly expression off your face!
“identity” – Seems like a legitimate word to me.
“prejudice” – Since we still have a US Department of Justice, so to speak, I guess the lawyers are going to have to find a new way to label the rulings on certain lawsuits. You see, the term “without prejudice” is a legal phrase. It is used by judges to indicate that a case can be revisited or that the verdict is not final.
I noticed it’s acceptable to use the word “racist,” but it’s not okay to use the words “anti-racist” or “anti-racism.” Interesting.
“Native American” – I think it should be left up to the indigenous peoples of America to tell the rest of us what they want to be called. I don’t think that she be left up to Donald Trump. When I was doing the research to write my vintage postcard book, The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, I learned that the Cherokee Indians in the Qualla Boundary in North Carolina prefer to be called Indians. The official name of the tribe there is Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
“tribal” is also on the list. That’s unfortunate because some tribes, such as the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have tribal courthouses and tribal councils. Please don’t tell them they can no longer use the word “tribal.” The US Government has already taken too much from them.
“bias,” “biased,” “biased toward,” “biases,” and “biases towards” are all on the list. I agree with “biases towards” being on the list because “towards” is incorrect grammar in the United States. I have a problem with the other four, though.
“allyship” – I must admit that was a new word for me. I looked it up and discovered that it refers to those of us in relatively advantaged groups who intentionally support or advocate for disadvantaged people. I hope I’m guilty of having done “allyship” in the past, and I hope I will continue to be guilty of it in the future! As a Christian, I am called on to do that.
That leads me to “advocacy,” “advocate,” and “advocates.” – Now that’s just sad. When you are in the hospital or a nursing home, you need an “advocate” to look out for your best interests. That can be a relative or a social worker or… hut oh….
My doctor says if I have osteopenia and I don’t exercise and eat a calcium-rich diet, I am “at risk” of developing osteoporosis. I assume the Department of Health and Human Resources can no longer “advocate” for “at risk” conditions and illnesses. That’s the least of our worries, though, with RFK, Jr. in charge of that department.
“equality,” “equity,” “inequalities,” “inequality,” “inequitable,” “inequities,” and “inequity” – Does anyone else see a blatant pattern here?
I noticed the word “justice” does not appear on the list. That’s nice, because that word is used in the Preamble of the US Constitution. Whew! That was a close call!
You know the words to the Preamble, don’t you, Mr. Trump?
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
I thought about highlighting my “favorite” words on the list, but before I knew it I had pulled out 50 of them. I’ll just leave it at that for today, but my new purpose in life is to make sure I use at least one word on the list every week in my blog. Heck, I might use more than one.
Some of my comments about specific words on the list were tongue-in-cheek, but I assure you that I take this very seriously.
In essence, Trump’s putting out the word that federal government agencies can read his myriad Executive Orders and surmise the words they need to “limit or avoid” pretty much makes their use on government documents and websites illegal.
No, there is no enacted law prohibiting the use of these words. However, one definition of “illegal” is “not sanctioned by official rules.” (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition, 2001.)
How do you ban books in the 21st century?
You make your citizens afraid to use words on an ever-growing list.
Just when you think things can’t get worse
PEN Americais a nonprofit organization that works to defend free expression in the United States and around the world through the advancement of literature and human rights. On March 21, 2025, the organization published a growing list of words being singled out by the Trump Administration as words Trumps doesn’t want us to use.
My blog post on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, will list the words identified by PEN America that did not appear on the March 4, 2025, New York Times list.
Arlington National Cemetery
With so much going on, and a couple of long blog posts in March, I waited until today to mention how the US Department of Defense is erasing history specifically on the Arlington National Cemetery website. US history seems to be in Trump’s cross-hairs.
Under the heading, “Arlington National Cemetery removed links to webpages about Black, Hispanic and female veterans,” Snopes.com (published March 14, 2025; updated March 15, 2025) verified that the following links had been removed from the Arlington National Cemetery website:
African American History, removed from the Notable Graves subsection;
Hispanic American History, removed from the Notable Graves subsection;
Women’s History, removed from the Notable Graves subsection;
African American History, removed from the Themes drop-down menu of the Education section; and
Civil War, removed from the Themes drop-down menu of the Education section.
This should be no surprise, since Trump has called veterans suckers and losers.
Until my next blog post
What are your “favorite” words on the list of 298 words I shared today?
I hope you have a good book to read.
Nurture your friendships and relatives.
Remember the people of Myanmar, Thailand, Ukraine, and western North Carolina.
Janet
Janet's Writing Blog 
Wow! A phenomenal and most inclusive post Janet! I don’t think the government should get involved with words people use, including the words used by their public/civil servants. However, I do think that in the US they should stop looking at people as belonging to a particular race and they should not ask, in any form or document for people’s race. We are all part of the human race. Once in my professional capacity, while working in the US, I received my new identification card and it said: Race: Latino. I went to my captain and said that this was wrong, there is no such race and I am white European. Well, he looked at the established list and said that Spain was not included in the list of Europeans! How moronic! The lack of education and culture in most parts of the US has led to this, what we see now… Why do they call people “brown” or “coloured”? I thought that the term “coloured folk” had been phased out of use long ago… And people who come from Latin American countries are not “Latinos” they are Argentinian, Uruguayan etcetera. People are named according to the name of their country. And Spaniards are European. It’s about time that this ridiculous practice of labelling people according to the race, and it is an invented race that they create in the US, stop… Thanks so much Janet, and all the best for a wonderful week. It is getting warm here already and nice and sunny days are back, especially with summer time which extends our day.
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OK, so when neo-nazis spew hate speech to all and sundry, we invoke the First Amendment, but if anyone uses words a madman has determined are verboten, a crime has taken place? In the name of all that’s holy, can’t somebody stop these people?
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Sickening. The idiocy and malevolence of this regime is beyond belief.
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And every day it gets worse.
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Well said, Liz. I thought we had built-in safeguards. I thought we had three co-equal branches of the government.
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Dear Janet,
His meddling with language — or more like erasing words — has even reached Europe. France and Belgium, thankfully, pushed back when the U.S. tried to clamp down on DEI initiatives (diversity, equity, inclusion) over here. Apparently, it’s all tied to an executive order Trump signed back in January, aiming to shut down DEI programs within the federal government. And get this — it would even apply to foreign vendors. It’s insane.
European officials have spoken out against it and stressed the importance of maintaining a culture of non-discrimination. But whether that’ll do any good…
The Netherlands, too, elected an awful right-wing party. The new minister for asylum affairs — such a cold woman — refused to sign off on the recognition of five volunteers who helped support refugees. “Their work goes against my policies,” she said. Yep. Everything has to be stricter, colder.
It all feels so disturbing. And the polarization is just awful — the whole world splitting into two camps: left versus right, constantly at odds. That’s definitely not a good thing.
I try to surround myself only with warm, kind people. And I keep hoping things will get better. One way or another. I really hope we won’t lose our faith in humanity — there are still so many good and sensible people out there. Now we just need to get rid of those awful rulers first.
Big hug from Zeeland,
The Netherlands
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How awful to read this. This is not how you treat people. Indeed, a human is a human — you don’t talk about “races.” I’ve worked with young people from all over the world, and to me, they were all the same in one important way: they shared the same feelings — fear, joy, pain, hope.
That’s what connects us. That’s what truly matters.
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Thank you, Francis! Absolutely right! It gets worse. Last night I learned of a leaked list of words from the US Agriculture Department. I’m trying to get my hands on it today. Latino is not a race! And who decided that Spain is not in Europe? I can’t imagine your anger and frustration when you were identified as Latino and not white. The ignorance and arrogance here are rampant and now in control of our federal government along with the world’s richest man. (It is being reported that Musk will visit the ?CIA next.) I was taught in school that the diversity in America was a great thing. Our textbooks drilled into a little heads year after year that America is “a melting pot” where all are welcome and we are made up of people from countries around the world. We were taught that immigrants all brought a work ethic, and we all worked together to make a strong nation. Maybe that was a rose-colored-glasses theory, but I did not grow up hating or fearing people who didn’t look like I did. I especially don’t understand people who claim to be Christian who are so filled with hate and wish pain, suffering, and deportation for others. Francis, people are disappearing. ICE operatives are reported to be masked, showing no ID, and taking people away in unmarked vehicles. Voice of America has been silenced for the first time in 83 years. I’m working on quite a list of such actions for a blog post on Thursday. Meanwhile… wildfires have raged in the mountains of western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina for two weeks. There was a little rain last night and more today along with lightning which could spark more fires. Strong storms with high winds, hail, and possible tornadoes are predicted for my area late this afternoon. The last couple of days of March we’ve had 81 degrees, and highs of 89 are predicted for Friday and Saturday… the first week in April? It seems we’re skipping spring and jumping directly into summer here this year. I’m glad spring has finally reached Valencia! Thank you, friend, for bearing with me and letting me vent my frustration.
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It’s bad enough for Trump to have power over words in America, but for his evilness to extend throughout Europe is a whole other level insanity! With all the tariffs he is imposing on essentially every country in the world, he will soon exclude the US from any global trade. Perhaps then, when the vendors and manufacturers and miners in other countries have found new markets to replace the US… perhaps then European countries can ignore Trump’s DEI phobia. Of course, his ultimate goal seems to be that he will own Europe. He and Putin are just alike… equally conniving, hateful, evil, calculating, control freaks. Take a country here, take a country there, and pretty soon you have silenced all your critics. It seems the pendulum of history has swung all the way to the right, and I really wonder if I will live long enough to see it start to swing back toward the middle. Too many things are out of balance. I’m afraid we’re all in for some dark and rough years. The Allies were able to stop Hitler, but who is strong enough to stop Trump? Thank you for the big hug, Matroos! I needed it today. I’m feverishly working on blog posts for Wednesday and Thursday. I don’t want to post either of them on April 1 and run the risk of someone thinking anything I’m writing is an April Fool’s joke.
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Matroos, I thought after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the progress made in the 1960s and 1970s to try to see people as people in the United States… to outlaw racial and gender discrimination… I thought we were finally going to give everyone the opportunity to seek an education and the jobs they wanted. I naively thought the US was headed toward the promise its founding principles proclaimed. The disappointment now is weighing heavily on me as I see that so many of my fellow citizens never wanted equality for non-white people or for women. The hate they used to whisper is now announced out loud without shame or apology. That’s what Trump did to us. He emboldened people to proudly voice their prejudices. Many of them are professing Christians, and they have completely lost sight of the teachings of Jesus Christ. I’m sorry his platform and microphone as US President are so powerful that he is influencing the haters in other countries.
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On the contrary, it is a pleasure to read what you write as I understand what you say. It is a shame that all the beauty and the effort of creating such a wonderful nation as the US should be destroyed systematically… I don’t understand it. But I think that the best way to approach diversity is not to think of diversity at all but to think of people as people, no matter what they look like or what language they speak at home. I have always admired the way Brasil always looked at their citizens as simply “Brazilians” no matter what colour they were. In any event, I pray for all in need and for the restoration of peace and order in the world. I think God is pretty angry… Take good care Janet and I hope you do get a little spring weather to mitigate the summer’s heat. All the best to you.
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Thank you, Francis. We’ve had one storm this afternoon that took out the internet, phone service, and DirecTV all for a short time. It took a while for me to get back on the internet. The worst line of storms haven’t gotten here yet. At least we still know when dangerous weather is approaching. When Trump completely does away with the National Weather Service and NOAA, we just be surprised by hurricanes and such. I agree with you on language. I guess I have been programmed to speak in terms of races here because people of sub-Saharan African descent were marginalized and discriminated against here for centuries. I try to be inclusive, but I see what you’re saying. If there was any chance that the US would eventually move into the acceptance level of Brazil, I’m afraid that possibility has now been trashed. With Elon Musk “visiting” the CIA today at the invitation of the new CIA Director, I’m afraid to watch the news tonight. And with tariffs kicking in on Wednesday, Trump is promising some kind of grand and glorious announcement tomorrow. Perhaps he’s going to proclaim himself Dear Leader!
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The only word that comes to mind is incredible! We pray and we trust God who is truly in charge. Thank you Janet. Here in Europe we have some right wing lunatics as well running some of our countries. I don’t know why we are devolving like this…
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Thanks, Janet. I thought we had three co-equal branches of government, too. Damn my K-12 education!
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We were apparently lied to, Liz… and then I went and majored in political science. What a waste!
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We used to lament “the dumbing down of America,” but perhaps it is a global problem.
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Without a doubt…
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Infuriating, to boot!
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You know I agree with you about Trump and I agree again about this ridiculous attempt to ban words. However I have to say that the left is not immune from this kind of nonsense either. Here in Scotland, hospitals are no longer allowed to say “expectant mothers” – they must say “pregnant people”. “Women” have turned into “people who menstruate”. As for chest-feeding, it’s not the word that should be banned, it’s the practice. But to say that in Scotland means that, unbelievably, I have broken the law! Our hate speech laws, brought in by the left – those who would utterly despise Trump and all his doings – means that if we express dislike of the practices of any protected minority, we can be imprisoned. Over here, it’s the left that is banning language and the right that is fighting back. I think both sides have become extreme in their desire to disallow the expression of opinions they don’t like.
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Wow! I had no idea things had taken such an extreme path in Scotland! (And here I was, wishing some days that I could move to Scotland and escape the nonsense over here!) The banning of words by either end of the ideological spectrum is just wrong. From your examples, it sounds like the left in Scotland have gone further in their ridiculousness than right have in the US! Didn’t think it was possible for any group to do that… although you’ll learn in my blog post on Thursday that the US Department of Agriculture has been told not to use the term “clean water” among many others. At the rate things are deteriorating, we’ll soon have to communicate by drawing stick figures! I completely agree with you that both sides are at fault here. Both sides want to control our expression. It is a slippery and dangerous slope that cannot lead us to a good place. Thank you for making me aware of what’s happening with words in Scotland. I am surprised and appalled.
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One day I’ll tell you about our infamous Non-Crime Hate Incident reports that the police secretly collate, and make your hair stand on end! It’s quite Orwellian!
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Yikes!
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Janet, thank you for posting this … list of words I guess I’ll need to start using a lot more often, to make up for the Newspeakers …
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I plan to make a point of including at least one of the words in each of my blog posts, no matter the topic of the post. Tomorrow’s blog is about the 22 words on the Dept. of Agriculture list. The article I read indicated that there were dozens more they did not disclose. Spoiler alert: “safe drinking water” and “clean water” are two of the 22!
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Not too surprising. Because evidence-based thoughts about reality [surely, a word on the endangered list] might get in the way of some assertion someone wants to make about how much better things are in the brave new world.
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I noticed that the words black, native America and Hispanic were removed but he didn’t remove the words white of Jews. I wonder what message he is telling us. Also, for the person who said that he is doing a beautiful thing, will not know what hit her until it is too late. The younger generations will suffer the most.
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* White or Jews
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True, Heather.
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Yes, Beverley, the words that don’t show up on any of the lists are just as telling as the words that do. In response to that classmate of mine’s “beautiful thing” comment, I told him that I felt sorry for him if he had been hurt so badly in his life that he apparently holds so much hate in himself at our age. On some level, the people who are gleefully supporting all the chaos and suffering Trump is causing must be miserable. What a sad way to live… to be angry all the time and think it is okay for innocent people to be arrested and medical researchers to lose their jobs. I read this morning that one of the leading Parkinson’s Disease researchers has been fired. I hope he will be able to go to a country that will appreciate him and allow him to continue his work. I am learning the hard way that resisting an oppressive government is exhausting. All my fiction writing and a second full proofreading of the devotional book I wrote have fallen by the wayside. Writing four long blog posts this week has consumed me. In my post on Friday, I will try to highlight what has happened since Inauguration Day, but there’s no way to include everything.
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I think you’ve inspired me to restart my poetry challenge. It will be to write poems to use the banned words in ways to show the unintended consequences of such a restriction.
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I love that, Rebecca! I totally love the idea!
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Scandalous sentence: 10,000 women ran the race. Ha!
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Yes! I see the poems are already forming in your head. I look forward to the results! Have a great weekend. Our azaleas and dogwoods are in full bloom, I saw a butterfly yesterday, and it’s supposed to be 89 degrees here today! Hang on up there… spring is coming to you, too. Congratulations on your state supreme court election! It made my heart sing! Thank you, WI voters!
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Janet, I suggest you start a new book outlining how the present government is eroding the US history. In that way your voice will be permanently in print for future generation.
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Thank you, Beverley. Wow! I don’t know if I can accomplish that. I’m flattered that you would suggest that. Something for me to consider. Thank you.
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