Vermont’s Department of Health wants to stop Green Mountain Staters from unintentionally harming each other in conversat
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CrystalRaindrops — 1 year ago(August 31, 2024 04:25 AM)
Vermont’s Department of Health wants to stop Green Mountain Staters from unintentionally harming each other in conversations about family, so it’s released suggestions of words to avoid:
Like “son” and “daughter.”
“The language we use matters! When talking about family, it’s important to use terms that cover the many versions of what family can look like,” the department posted on social media as a “health equity tip.”
Among its “inclusive language for families” tips:
“Use ‘child’ or ‘kid’ instead of ‘daughter’ or ‘son.’ This is gender-neutral and can describe a child who may not be someone’s legal son or daughter.’”
“Say ‘family’ rather than ‘extended family.’ Often grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins are important parts of a core family unit.”
The Vermont Health Department’s advice has received national press attention, and it’s inspired national mockery, too.
NHJournal contacted state health officials to confirm the post was sincere and the department had not been hacked. The department responded with a statement.
“The Vermont Department of Health’s social media post was intended to encourage using inclusive language when you don’t know someone’s family situation. This is especially important in settings like classrooms, afterschool programs and sports teams. Using language that includes everyone helps children feel seen, respected, and valued no matter how their families are structured. Learn more about our Department’s commitment to health equity at
HealthVermont.gov/health-equity.”
One part of the “health equity tip” was particularly confusing: how a child could “not be someone’s legal son or daughter.” Even orphans are the legal sons or daughters of their deceased parents in cases of probate or inheritance questions. What was the state of Vermont trying to say?
Granite Staters often mock the far-left “woke” culture in their neighboring state, but New Hampshire has had its own state government stumbles.
Earlier this year, the Sununu administration’s Department of Information Technology posted a memo with language guidelines for state government-run websites.
“Embracing Inclusive Language” by Director of User Experience Kathryn Michener offered guidance on informing… without offending. She — or rather “they” (gender-specific pronouns are discouraged) argued “the shift towards inclusive language isn’t about being overly politically correct; it’s about respect and empathy.”
Among the banned terms were “citizens, “grandfathered,” “man-made,” and the use of the colloquial “guys” to refer to a group of people.
After NHJournal reported on the guidelines, Gov. Chris Sununu had them stripped from the state’s official website, calling the effort “nuts” — one of the would-be banned terms.
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/. — 1 year ago(September 01, 2024 09:21 PM)
Some of the geniuses at my university actually think Communism would help them rise up instead of dragging everyone down. But that's probably because those kids were at a low point in their lives and they felt better believing in that stuff that the university and the professors were pushing on them. They actually felt like a part of something for once in their lives. I'm sure they'll keep banging their heads against the wall trying to recapture that feeling as they get older. Unfortunately, they'll also try to pay that sentiment forward because they were mostly non-stem majors. So your educators, therapists, etc.
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Lilith — 1 year ago(September 01, 2024 10:14 PM)
It's always interesting that the people who want communism or socialism to take root in our country, have no experience outside of America and have no experience or understanding of what it's like to live in a socialist country.
If America and capitalism is so bad, why is it that so many people are fleeing socialist and communist countries to bust their way into America.
Most of the people pushing for a socialist country have no idea of what it's like to live under a socialist regime. They're preaching about it from a capitalist country that is also giving them all of those freedoms they want to spew their ideas under protected speech (for now, but that is dwindling) and they would lose that very protection.
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Lilith — 1 year ago(September 01, 2024 11:40 PM)
Precisely. These have become the "teachers" that are indoctrinating our children. What's bizarre is that these particular people represent roughly 0.03% of the population, yet the rest of the population is being forced to bend a knee and cater to their delusions and fantasies. This isn't just about "tolerating" people who are different, this is about "creating" children who are simply being children, and children change their minds about pretty much everything from the time they hit first grade until they're in their 20s. Children are always changing their mind about who they are and what they want to be. Why are we capitulating and catering to the crazy mob?
I'm all for people being whoever, whatever they want (as adults) and freedom of self-expression, but when that "expression" runs into the personal and professional space of other individuals, things have gone too far. Respect is earned. We're churning out entitled brats who feel they are owed everything right out of the gate without working for anything. Even what's being taught is a twisted curriculum.
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WarrenPeace — 1 year ago(August 31, 2024 09:52 PM)
I would say that this puts my boxer shorts in knots but I must be all inclusive.
This puts my lower body underwear in a twist!
Or am I being too much of a drama queen?
Um…
I mean…
Too much of drama royalty?
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Lilith — 1 year ago(August 31, 2024 10:18 PM)
Don't bring up royalty! You're a white colonialist, ya bastid, and you're responsible for all of the ills in this country! Didn't you get the memo?
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith
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