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[–] FlyingSquid 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They're flagging words that have scientific applications that have nothing to do with anything divisive but are also used with things they find divisive. You can't use "barrier" or "historically" or fucking "polarization."

[–] thesohoriots 10 points 1 month ago

Ironically, my primary area of study was Marxist theory with an emphasis on bureaucracy, and those words aren’t on the list. But once again, STEM gets all the attention.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Talking about REMOVING BIAS from your scientific study? How DARE you.

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Please explain what is biased about the three words I just listed. What are they biased against, cells, time and magnetism?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Bias is a banned word, thats what they were pointing out.

Edit: In specific

  • biased
  • biased toward
  • biases
  • biases towards
[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Considering the down votes they got, I don't think you were the only person to take what they said differently, the conservatives out there are really fucking up even basic communication with this crap.

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 1 month ago