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Seattle City Hall Considers Banning ‘Offensive’ Words

Seattle City Hall Considers Banning ‘Offensive’ Words

Seattle City Hall Considers Banning ‘Offensive’ Words - ABC News

City Officials in Seattle are defending an internal memo that questions the use of certain terms such as “brown bag” (as in “brown-bag lunch”) or “citizen” in a government setting.

Are you kidding me? Citizen is now a "bad word"? and so is brown bag because it may offend people?

Next up we won't be allowed to use the words: white, black, yellow, brown or red because they are all implicitly directive at races and thus, may constitute racism. And citizen? really? Jesus Christ.

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Personally, "grilled cheese" has always offended me.
 
It's Seattle. They probably think "Republican" is an offensive word.
 
Did The Onion hack their website or something? Because that news story sounds like a parody.

'Citizen' could be deemed offensive? By who? For what reason?

And 'brown bag' used to be a way people could judge skin color? Really, because I thought it was just because the bag was ****ing brown.
 
Did The Onion hack their website or something? Because that news story sounds like a parody.

'Citizen' could be deemed offensive? By who? For what reason?

And 'brown bag' used to be a way people could judge skin color? Really, because I thought it was just because the bag was ****ing brown.

I'm just guessing here, but I sensed that "citizen" would be deemed offensive to illegal immigrants who live in the city.

The "brown bag" thing really baffles me. What does it mean if I'm a white guy who detests Wonder (white) bread and has always preferred wheat bread? :shrug:
 
I'm just guessing here, but I sensed that "citizen" would be deemed offensive to illegal immigrants who live in the city.

Yeah, but they recommended 'resident' as a replacement, and couldn't that do the same thing? Referring to resident aliens vs. illegal aliens?
 
Yeah, but they recommended 'resident' as a replacement, and couldn't that do the same thing? Referring to resident aliens vs. illegal aliens?

See, that occurred to me as well. They're making a cosmetic change really, and yet not really changing anything.
 
Did The Onion hack their website or something? Because that news story sounds like a parody.

'Citizen' could be deemed offensive? By who? For what reason?

And 'brown bag' used to be a way people could judge skin color? Really, because I thought it was just because the bag was ****ing brown.
Citizen is an inclusive word. If you are not a citizen, but on a student visa, illegal alien, toursit visa, work visa. Your little feelings may be hurt.
 
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