cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/28131779
In addition to “climate change” and “green,” EERE forbid officials from using “emissions” to avoid the implication that they are a negative. Climate change is caused by rising greenhouse gas emissions, which is driven primarily by burning oil, coal and natural gas for energy.
Other terms officials must ditch include “energy transition,” “sustainability/sustainable,” “‘clean’ or ‘dirty’ energy,” “Carbon/CO2 ‘Footprint’” and “Tax breaks/tax credits/subsidies.”
It’s odd to me that they even have a banned words list to begin with
The government is owned by billionaires and they ban words that make line go up slower.
Whoever has the biggest bunker wins.
I’m not American but I know American academics and they have told me they are being pulled into meetings and given lists of words they must not use. So much for all the “free speech” whining from Republicans.
“Free speech” for republicans is just “I want to say the worst hateful, racist, bigoted shit out loud without repercussions”
“And punish you for daring to think about ‘policing’ me by calling me out.”
I’m not sure how they mean it here. But “banned words” aren’t always meaning censorship. In an academic or journalistic sense it can just mean replacing words with more accurate phrasing or more clearly defined words to ensure consistency.
Unfortunately, it’s also used to spin a narrative or outright censor things as well. Like the NYT banning the word “genocide” during an active genocide.