{"id":1077345,"date":"2021-12-02T16:14:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077345"},"modified":"2021-12-02T16:14:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:14:56","slug":"news-outlet-suggests-people-should-think-twice-before-using-words-like-brainstorm-spooky-and-blind-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-outlet-suggests-people-should-think-twice-before-using-words-like-brainstorm-spooky-and-blind-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"News Outlet Suggests People Should \u2018Think Twice\u2019 Before Using Words Like \u2018Brainstorm,\u2019 \u2018Spooky,\u2019 And \u2018Blind-Spot\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span 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class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A news outlet in Canada has released a list of words that it says could be deemed offensive and suggest that people \u201cthink twice\u201d before use including words like spooky, blackmail, brainstorm, and blind-spot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ottawa branch of CBC News, Canada\u2019s public news outlet, recently posted an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/words-and-phrases-commonly-used-offensive-english-language-1.6252274?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar\">article <\/a>titled \u201cWords and phrases you may want to think twice about using.\u201d It consulted a number of \u201canti-racism\u201d experts and linguists to analyze a number of common words and phrases that some apparently consider offensive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing an English speaker doesn\u2019t entail that you necessarily know the racist etymology automatically,\u201d professor Ai Taniguchi told the outlet, adding that people are not necessarily bad if they say the words.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the terms \u201cblackmail,\u201d \u201cblacklist,\u201d and \u201cblack sheep\u201d are now problematic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue here is that these are all negative terms,\u201d purported anti-racist trainer Joseph Smith said. \u201c[It] connotes evil, distrust, lack of intelligence, ignorance, a lack beauty \u2014 the absence of white.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other words that could be offensive include \u201cspooky,\u201d \u201cpowwow,\u201d \u201cspirit animal,\u201d and \u201ctribe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a non-Indigenous person says \u2018this is my tribe,\u2019 I don\u2019t think it\u2019s OK, despite the fact that they\u2019re using it presumably in a metaphorical way,\u201d Taniguchi said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The word \u201csavage,\u201d because of how it was used by European explorers, could also be seen as problematic according to the outlet, despite the fact that today it \u201chas become a word used to describe someone who is fierce, or a situation that is intense \u2014 and carries a positive or semi-positive connotation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terms like \u201cbrainstorm,\u201d \u201cblindsided,\u201d and \u201cblind-spot\u201d are also included because blind people or people who have brain injuries might be offended by their use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDumb\u201d and \u201clame\u201d are also out, according to some people CBC spoke to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople now are using lame as a slang, so they go around saying that\u2019s lame,\u201d&nbsp; said Julia Cashman of the Consumer Action Committee. \u201cI don\u2019t think they really understand what that means .. they just think it\u2019s a cool term, but for me, when I hear that, I definitely know what that term means \u2026 it\u2019s something I wouldn\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Cashman, people should also reconsider the phrase \u201ctone deaf\u201d and consider replacing it with \u201cinsensitive\u201d or \u201cmusically disinclined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the individuals the outlet spoke with said that the reevaluation of words wasn\u2019t about political correctness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not so much about political correctness, I think it is about the empirical accuracy and \u2026 if somebody really calls us out on a particular word, we need to stop and say, \u2018It\u2019s not about me,&#8217;\u201d Jas Kalra, \u201can anti-racism trainer,\u201d said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, there has been a crackdown, especially in academic settings, to root out words that could be seen as offensive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/university-claims-words-picnic-brown-bag-are-offensive\">reported<\/a> on the University of Michigan\u2019s \u201cWord\u2019s Matter Taskforce.\u201d Several of the words identified by the taskforce for replacement included \u201cpicnic,\u201d \u201cbrownbag,\u201d and \u201cblack list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The offensive word \u201cbrigade\u201d has even come to the sports world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the NFL, the Washington Redskins changed their name to the Washington Football Team, and some have speculated that the name of the Masters needed to be removed from the annual golf tournament.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe name \u2018The Masters\u2019 must go,\u201d wrote Rob Parker at Deadspin,&nbsp; \u201cThe heralded golf tournament, one of the four majors, needs to go back to its original name \u2014 the Augusta National Invitational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court.&nbsp;Join us in this fight by <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/donotcomply\">signing our petition<\/a> to OSHA, telling them that you will not comply with this mandate.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A news outlet in Canada has released a list of words that it says could be deemed offensive and suggest that people \u201cthink twice\u201d before use including words like spooky, blackmail, brainstorm, and blind-spot.\u00a0The Ottawa branch of CBC News, Canada\u2019s public news outlet, recently posted an article titled \u201cWords and phrases you may want to think twice about using.\u201d It consulted a number of \u201canti-racism\u201d experts and linguists to analyze a number of common words and phrases that some apparently consider offensive.\u00a0\u201cBeing an English speaker doesn\u2019t entail that you necessarily know the racist etymology automatically,\u201d professor Ai Taniguchi told the outlet, adding that people are not necessarily bad if they say the words.\u00a0Accordingly, the terms \u201cblackmail,\u201d \u201cblacklist,\u201d and \u201cblack sheep\u201d are now problematic.\u201cThe issue here is that these are all negative terms,\u201d purported anti-racist trainer Joseph Smith said. \u201c[It] connotes evil, distrust, lack of intelligence, ignorance, a lack beauty \u2014 the absence of white.\u201dOther words that could be offensive include \u201cspooky,\u201d \u201cpowwow,\u201d \u201cspirit animal,\u201d and \u201ctribe.\u201d\u201cIf a non-Indigenous person says \u2018this is my tribe,\u2019 I don\u2019t think it\u2019s OK, despite the fact that they\u2019re using it presumably in a metaphorical way,\u201d Taniguchi said.\u00a0The word \u201csavage,\u201d because of how it was used by European explorers, could also be seen as problematic according to the outlet, despite the fact that today it \u201chas become a word used to describe someone who is fierce, or a situation that is intense \u2014 and carries a positive or semi-positive connotation.\u201dTerms like \u201cbrainstorm,\u201d \u201cblindsided,\u201d and \u201cblind-spot\u201d are also included because blind people or people who have brain injuries might be offended by their use.\u201cDumb\u201d and \u201clame\u201d are also out, according to some people CBC spoke to.\u00a0\u201cPeople now are using lame as a slang, so they go around saying that\u2019s lame,\u201d\u00a0 said Julia Cashman of the Consumer Action Committee. \u201cI don\u2019t think they really understand what that means .. they just think it\u2019s a cool term, but for me, when I hear that, I definitely know what that term means \u2026 it\u2019s something I wouldn\u2019t say.\u201dAccording to Cashman, people should also reconsider the phrase \u201ctone deaf\u201d and consider replacing it with \u201cinsensitive\u201d or \u201cmusically disinclined.\u201dOne of the individuals the outlet spoke with said that the reevaluation of words wasn\u2019t about political correctness.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s not so much about political correctness, I think it is about the empirical accuracy and \u2026 if somebody really calls us out on a particular word, we need to stop and say, \u2018It\u2019s not about me,&#8217;\u201d Jas Kalra, \u201can anti-racism trainer,\u201d said.\u00a0In recent years, there has been a crackdown, especially in academic settings, to root out words that could be seen as offensive.\u00a0Last year, The Daily Wire reported on the University of Michigan\u2019s \u201cWord\u2019s Matter Taskforce.\u201d Several of the words identified by the taskforce for replacement included \u201cpicnic,\u201d \u201cbrownbag,\u201d and \u201cblack list.\u201dThe offensive word \u201cbrigade\u201d has even come to the sports world.\u00a0In the NFL, the Washington Redskins changed their name to the Washington Football Team, and some have speculated that the name of the Masters needed to be removed from the annual golf tournament.\u00a0\u201cThe name \u2018The Masters\u2019 must go,\u201d wrote Rob Parker at Deadspin,\u00a0 \u201cThe heralded golf tournament, one of the four majors, needs to go back to its original name \u2014 the Augusta National Invitational.\u201dThe Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court.\u00a0Join us in this fight by signing our petition to OSHA, telling them that you will not comply with this mandate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1077345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1077345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1077345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1077345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1077345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}