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Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« on: August 02, 2013, 11:34:46 AM »
Again, should be The Onion, but is not. I've seen a lot of stupid government "word bans" in my time, but when you ban the word "citizen" in a city in the United States,, I think you've gone over the top.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/02/seattle-officials-call-for-ban-on-potentially-offensive-language/
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Re: Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2013, 11:42:36 AM »
First, it was the haves vs. the have nots.

Now, we can't differentiate the are's from the are nots.

Those people need a sacked lunch to replace their brown bag...
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Re: Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2013, 03:43:02 PM »
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. . . the term "brown bag" has been used historically as a way to judge skin color.
Hmmm . . . what about references to a burglary as "a black bag job?"

What about . . . nah, it's too easy to lampoon this.

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Re: Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2013, 01:35:31 AM »
The stupid, it hurts :'(
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Re: Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2013, 01:44:54 AM »
What if the term brown bag only referred to the color of most lunch sacks sold in the US?  Would it still be a racial slur?  Oh wait.  Most of the lunch bags sold in the US are brown.  

edit: isn't the most racist thing in this story the idea of banning "brown" or "black" as if they are inherently bad?  Is brown bad?  If it is, I guess I missed that in my limited art training.
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Re: Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2013, 11:43:48 AM »
Just skimmed the article. How is the term resident more inclusive than citizen? why should they even care to include people that are not citizens of the city? Also, can homeless people even be residents without a home to reside in if the case is that they want to use a more inclusive term? I really wouldn't be offended by either term to begin with but if i had to choose, i think if my government started referring to me as simply a resident rather than a citizen, i would find that much more offensive.

And damn it, the bags are brown! I might as well start complaining when people think of me as being asian. Strip us all of our titles and give us numbers instead of names. They all have to be the same number too. We can't have people feeling they got the short end of the stick just because their neighbor has a bigger number. Kill the parents after their child is born to make the orphans feel better about their situation.

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Re: Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2013, 09:41:52 PM »
I heard this briefly on the radio, I thought it was a hoax...good grief!
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Re: Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2013, 12:26:06 PM »
Alright...  I'm just about 3 hours south of Seattle in Portland.  I think we gather up a contingent of people, drive up there, and slap the stupid out of the Seattle "Office of Civil Rights"......  Sheesh!

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Re: Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2013, 05:10:53 PM »
Meanwhile, around a quarter of SPD's use of force incidents have been deemed unjustified. But I guess trying to get the cops to stop beating/shooting people they shouldn't would be more difficult.
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Re: Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2013, 05:35:50 PM »
I fail to see the problem Comrade.
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Re: Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2013, 05:06:02 PM »
Alright...  I'm just about 3 hours south of Seattle in Portland.  I think we gather up a contingent of people, drive up there, and slap the stupid out of the Seattle "Office of Civil Rights"......  Sheesh!

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Re: Seattle to Ban Use of Word "Citizen" by City Employees
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2013, 07:58:15 PM »
Don't remind me man....  Don't remind me...  I'm glad I'm in Milwaukie, and not in PDX proper.   Clackamas County, for the most part, manages to keep from succumbing to the Portland Stupid.
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