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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 72102957" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p><em><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.6db79894403e&__twitter_impression=true" target="_blank">The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases</a> — including "fetus" and "transgender" — in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Policy analysts at the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/12/11/new-cdc-head-faces-questions-about-financial-conflicts-of-interest/?utm_term=.cb08b77bb858" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."</em></p><p></p><p>What does Trump have against evidence and science? Oh, right.</p><p></p><p><em>In some instances, the analysts were given alternative phrases. Instead of "science-based" or "evidence-based," the suggested phrase is "CDC bases its recommendations on science <strong>in consideration with community standards and wishes</strong>," the person said.</em></p><p></p><p>Oh Spiffy! </p><p></p><p>'The facts are these, but the community wishes that tr*nsg*nd*r people didn't exist, therefore to spare the feelings of the community, we recommend ignoring those-people-that-we-aren't-allowed-to-talk-about.'</p><p></p><p>People whine about Political Correctness when it's about calling people by a name they prefer, but this is straight up politically motivated government censorship.</p><p></p><p>People whine about Moral Relativity when it's about, I dunno, being nice to gay people, but this is straight up having the government make medical decisions based on community feelings rather than the evidence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 72102957, member: 294566"] [I][URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.6db79894403e&__twitter_impression=true']The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases[/URL] — including "fetus" and "transgender" — in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget. Policy analysts at the [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/12/11/new-cdc-head-faces-questions-about-financial-conflicts-of-interest/?utm_term=.cb08b77bb858']Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[/URL] in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."[/I] What does Trump have against evidence and science? Oh, right. [I]In some instances, the analysts were given alternative phrases. Instead of "science-based" or "evidence-based," the suggested phrase is "CDC bases its recommendations on science [B]in consideration with community standards and wishes[/B]," the person said.[/I] Oh Spiffy! 'The facts are these, but the community wishes that tr*nsg*nd*r people didn't exist, therefore to spare the feelings of the community, we recommend ignoring those-people-that-we-aren't-allowed-to-talk-about.' People whine about Political Correctness when it's about calling people by a name they prefer, but this is straight up politically motivated government censorship. People whine about Moral Relativity when it's about, I dunno, being nice to gay people, but this is straight up having the government make medical decisions based on community feelings rather than the evidence. [/QUOTE]
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