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"Every federal agency in the U.S. is currently trying to figure out how to
purge forbidden words from documents posted online, in a desperate attempt to
comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to purge “DEI” from every
facet of American life. And nowhere is that effort more bizarre than the
National Science Foundation, which is currently combing through websites and
research papers for a long list of words that include “female,” “disability,”
and “LGBT,” among a host of others.
The review comes in response to a memo sent out Jan. 29 from the Office of
Personnel Management, written by acting director Charles Ezell. Every agency
has interpreted the memo a little differently, but at NSF they’ve compiled a
list of words that need to be found which will initiate a review to see if it’s
allowed.
According to the
Washington Post, a word like “women” appearing will get the
content flagged, but it will need to be manually reviewed to determine if the
context of the word is related to a forbidden topic under the anti-DEI order.
Trump and his fellow fascists use terms like DEI to describe anything they
don’t like, which means that the word “women” is on the forbidden list while
“men” doesn’t initiate a review.
Straight white men are seen through the MAGA worldview as the default human and
thus wouldn’t be suspicious and in need of a review. Any other type of identity
is inherently suspect.
Some of the terms that are getting flagged are particularly eyebrow-raising in
light of the Nazi salutes that Trump supporters have been giving since he took
office. For example, the term “hate speech” will get a paper at NSF flagged for
further review. Redefining terms like “hate speech” is obviously part of the
fascist project."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
