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Western University Language Campaign -- ‘Get Over It,’ ‘Blind,’ and ‘Skinny’ Are ‘Violent’ Words | National Review Online
by Katherine Timpf October 9, 2015
And so are “whitewashed” and “gingers.”
A “Language Awareness Campaign” at Western University in London has declared a whole host of words and phrases to be offensive and “violent” – including “get over it,” “blind to something,” and “skinny.”
A “Language Awareness Campaign” at Western University in London has declared a whole host of words and phrases to be offensive and “violent” – including “get over it,” “blind to something,” and “skinny.”
The point of the campaign, which was part of student orientation, was to warn against using language with an “inherently violent nature” — and featured posters of students explaining why certain words and phrases fall into this category.
For example:
“I don’t say that ‘I was “blind” to something’ because it ignores the experiences of differently abled individuals.”
“I don’t ask ‘who wears the pants in your relationship?’ because it expects homosexual couples to subscribe to heterosexual norms.” ...
... “We don’t say ‘freak’ because it reduces certain identities and encourages the perpetuation of
violence.”
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/425339/western-university-language-campaign
violence.”
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/425339/western-university-language-campaign
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