28 Nov 2022 9:42 am
I would NEVER allow idiotic leftists to hijack our language and tell us what can and can't be said because it might "offend" some ignorant liberal. The truth is that now I'll go out of my way to refer to it PRECISELY in the manner they object to! The virus known as Monkeypox was named because it was first discovered in 1958 IN A COLONY OF MONKEYS! Accuracy should NEVER be substituted in order to appease the most ignorant in our society.TB7 » 28 Nov 2022, 9:34 am » wrote: ↑ Monkeypox renamed mpox after WHO cites racism concernsLONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns that the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.
The U.N. health agency said in a statement Monday that mpox was its new preferred name for monkeypox, saying that both monkeypox and mpox would be used for the next year while the old name is phased out.
WHO said it was concerned by the “racist and stigmatizing language” that arose after monkeypox spread to more than 100 countries. It said numerous individuals and countries asked the organization “to propose a way forward to change the name.”
Monkeypox renamed mpox after WHO cites racism concerns | WBTW
And if anyone is so shallow as to take offense by it, my advice to them would be to take a heavy dose of "GET OVER IT" followed by a daily supplement of "NOBODY GIVES A **** IF YOU'RE OFFENDED", and they might very well recover quickly. And if they don't, who cares?
It reminds me of the incredible ignorance of liberals who viciously attacked a sitting Senator for daring to use the word "niggardly", "because it SOUNDED racist!
Others in our absurdly "politically correct" environment have been forced to resign or have been reprimanded for ever using it, and that kind of dumbing down of our language to appease the stupid should NEVER be dictated by the dumbest in our society to those of us with a brain!
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TB7 Nov 27, 2022
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