I think almost everyone is familiar with the CDC. I sat next to a CDC researcher on a flight from JFK to heathrow many years ago.
“The forbidden words are “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based.””
I can understand the ban on “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity.” Those words are politically-defined social policy words more so than medical terminology.
But “transgender” certainly seems like a valid medical term for a subpopulation with physical or psychological properties outside of the binary categories. And the banning of “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based” reeks of christian extremism that has no place in government let alone a modern society. That sort of nonsense seems guaranteed to send the country backward on the development scale.
ppauper uses the blanket term "shemale"
it's a request that alternative terminology be used
some people consider the term "fetus" offensive, because it is dehumanizing. This is not a ban on discussing a subject (and no one has suggested that it is), rather it's a request that terminology be used which doesn't offend people.
It's been done before. In May 2016, Obama signed into law H.R. 4238, which "modernizes terms in specified statutes related to minorities." The terms "eskimo" and "oriental" were replaced by "alaska native" and "asian american"
"science-based" and "evidence-based" were covered in the link,
Instead of “science-based” or “evidence-based,” the suggested phrase is “CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes,” the person said.
Which is more accurate. I recall from the global warming brouhaha that warmers use the term "science-based" to try to silence debate on controversial issues where there is in reality disagreement between scientists. I'd prefer they go further and specify what the "science" is