Over the weekend, the Washington Post reported that certain words are now “banned” at “multiple HHS agencies” and the State Department, including words such as “diversity” and “vulnerable”:
NEW: It's not just at CDC. Certain words are banned at at multiple HHS agencies. Words include ‘diversity’ and ‘vulnerable.’ Also, at the State Department now, certain documents refer to sex education as “sexual risk avoidance.” My story with @eilperin. https://t.co/ashqdqZUWp
— LenaSun (@bylenasun) December 17, 2017
Sally Kohn used the article to make a statement about the Trump administration, naturally:
Dictators ban words.
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) December 16, 2017
And here’s Twitchy favorite J.R. Salzman with a fact-check. Did Sally object when President Obama banned words such as “jihad” and “Islam”?
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/942447952307503105
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/942446810206937088
Of course not:
the difference being that trump bans words because he wants to breed racism, hatred and intolerance.
nice try.
— Sir Wernich (@sir_wernich) December 17, 2017
This isn’t how it works:
"It's different because I hate him"
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) December 17, 2017
Salzman went on to hit Kohn and other liberals and their “intellecually dishonest bulls*hit,” which is bigger than this current debate on words at the HHS or State Department:
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/942493186764685313
Of note, “banned” seems to have been replaced by “avoid” in later tweets by the Washington Post article’s author:
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If folks at other federal agencies are also being told to avoid certain words in drafting budget narratives, please feel free to contact us via our secure drop https://t.co/6EoCikCBcz. Thanks so much. https://t.co/ddgwNcDh55
— LenaSun (@bylenasun) December 17, 2017
Why did you not use the words "ban" or "banned" in your 2nd piece after using them 6 times in your 1st piece?
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) December 17, 2017
The “banned” the word “banned” maybe?
So the reporter has moved from "banned" to "forbidden" to "avoid." https://t.co/NRgahFn6g0
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) December 17, 2017
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