In comparison, “Ban Bossy” looks positively restrained.
It was only a couple days ago that I wrote the following about the #BanBossy crowd:
“…we have the smarty-pantsers on the Left trying to remove another word from the English language, as they are wont to do. But words aren’t inherently cruel and a free society has no business banning ANY words. If you ban one word, people will simply substitute some OTHER word to convey that same meaning. Guaranteed.
Worth noting is it seems to be the allegedly free-speech-loving Progressives who are always enamored with the removal or banning of words. Our institutes of higher learning seem especially smitten with this idea…”
And in light of this newest example, my observation can only be termed disturbingly prescient:
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They’re at it again.
Two Heads are Better Than One 
OLD: “#BanBossy” — NEW: “Ban EVERY Word We Don’t Like”
In comparison, “Ban Bossy” looks positively restrained.
It was only a couple days ago that I wrote the following about the #BanBossy crowd:
“…we have the smarty-pantsers on the Left trying to remove another word from the English language, as they are wont to do. But words aren’t inherently cruel and a free society has no business banning ANY words. If you ban one word, people will simply substitute some OTHER word to convey that same meaning. Guaranteed.
Worth noting is it seems to be the allegedly free-speech-loving Progressives who are always enamored with the removal or banning of words. Our institutes of higher learning seem especially smitten with this idea…”
And in light of this newest example, my observation can only be termed disturbingly prescient:
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