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Sunshine (she/her) to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months ago

Phrases Newly Banned At USDA Include ‘Safe Drinking Water’ and ‘Climate Change,’ Leaked Memo Reveals

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Phrases Newly Banned At USDA Include ‘Safe Drinking Water’ and ‘Climate Change,’ Leaked Memo Reveals

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Sunshine (she/her) to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months ago
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Over 100 words and phrases are now banned, many of them essential to any discussion of climate.
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    Wonder what the free speech absolutists think of this.

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      “The USDA’s speech regarding its employees, policies and agenda must be free. So stop harassing and slandering them.”

      I’m just guessing here.

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    So “not dangerous to drink water” it is.

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      Wonder if Potable Water is banned, but I get the feeling that most people don’t know what that means

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    What happened to the clean air and clean water promise? (It was already an absurd answer when asked about climate change)

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    Double-plus ungood water. Clearly newspeak is going to become an actual thing.

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    Flint and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Water

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    On the plus side, we can say slurs now!

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