COLLEGE PARK — “That’s so gay. … That’s retarded.”
Phrases like these are the target of the University of Maryland’s Inclusive Language Campaign, launched in the fall to remind students to be aware that their everyday language can be highly offensive.
The campaign hits home for Anthony Douglas, 20, who is bisexual and has a disability.
“I had a great conversation on the bus the other day. A guy used the word retarded. I turned around and jokingly said, ‘Are you talking about me?’” Douglas said. “It made him realize the impact of what he said and he apologized saying he had no idea.”
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5 comments:
Awwww,,,, poor babies. Sorry to offend anyone but life is tough, learn it.
Or, go to your corner and cry.....
OR, go to the liberal bleeding heart socialists that are in control of the Education system and cry to change the constitution limiting free speech against immoral behavior.
Funny, the same wing-nuts who get mad when liberals call them fascists seems bent out of shape here. Makes sense, as that's how fascists tend to work. Sincerely, a lefty.
And just think, everyone thought Orwell's "thought police" was a far fetched, wildly fantastic premise. Still under THAT illusion? And 7:23, I think you have it backwards. "Wing-nuts" call LIBERALS facists because thats what many of them are proponents of, NOT the other way around....
Imclain, please go back to whatever planet and alien life form spawned you.
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