Having stolen our country, now they are stealing our language
Paul Craig Roberts
What is the point of eliminating meaning from language?
Who brought us “inclusive terminology” and for what purpose? Moreover, it is most certainly not inclusive. For example, it eliminates “mother” and “father” and replaces them with “parent” or “care giver.” What is inclusive about eliminating gender identification? “Mother” of “father” conveys far more information that “parent” or “care giver.”
Who decided that certain words are “offensive” because of the information they contain? Why did we let someone serve their agenda by imposing language limitation on us?
What agendas are being served, or is it merely a hoax perpetrated to make fools out of people who will accept any curtailment of free speech?
Schools stopped teaching grammar and correct punctuation along with spelling, because it was alleged to be a hardship on blacks to learn proper English. Indeed, it became “judgmental” and implied class or race distinction to speak properly. The BBC dropped upper class English because it was not inclusive. How is its cockney replacement more inclusive? All the BBC achieved was to lose the authority and confidence that the upper class British accent gave to the BBC’s reports.
This report discusses the British Green party’s struggle to decide between appropriate and inappropriate words and terms: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/859134a63c425747
Note that violations of a speech code “constitute harassment.”