As Twitchy reported, feminists flipped out when TIME magazine suggested banning the word “feminist” by including it in its fourth annual “word banishment poll.” As the word “poll” implies, the decision was to be left up to the readership, but managing editor Nancy Gibbs has apologized and announced that “feminist” has been removed as an option:
TIME apologizes for the execution of this poll; the word ‘feminist’ should not have been included in a list of words to ban. While we meant to invite debate about some ways the word was used this year, that nuance was lost, and we regret that its inclusion has become a distraction from the important debate over equality and justice.
TIME, it looks like you did invite debate about ways the word was used this year; the fact that “feminist” was far and away the leading candidate to be “banned” isn’t a distraction, but a clear message from the public.
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@Nero @Int_Aristocrat Nuance my ass. They're just mad that it was the one overwhelmingly getting punted.
— Inconspicuous Rex (@CrankyTRex) November 16, 2014
@Int_Aristocrat @redsteeze Can we ban the word "nuance?" @nancygibbs You wanted a debate, you got one.
— Mark Baldwin (@SenorBaldwin) November 16, 2014
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@Nero @Int_Aristocrat They only win by convincing public they are the mainstream view. It's how they cow dissent. "You're all alone, freak."
— KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) November 16, 2014
@Nero @Int_Aristocrat If truth gets out that more than half the public is sick of their crap, they're sunk – bcz then others get brave.
— KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) November 16, 2014
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@Int_Aristocrat WTF? So the word most wanted banned has been removed? I don't want to live in this world longer
— LL (@RestingonLaurel) November 16, 2014
@liars_never_win @Int_Aristocrat @TIME That is disgusting. To alter a poll so agregiously is against all scientific principals.
— LL (@RestingonLaurel) November 16, 2014
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@liars_never_win @Int_Aristocrat @TIME cultural totalitarianism at its finest.
— LL (@RestingonLaurel) November 16, 2014
.@Total_Irishness @Int_Aristocrat
"We apologize that 'feminist' was even on the list because feminist jerks shamed us into apologizing."
— Bob for prez 2020; #VoteBob #Bob2020 (@CommonCormorant) November 16, 2014
@Int_Aristocrat @CommonCormorant shouldn't they ask themselves "why are SO many people voting for this word?"
— Irish Enderement (@Total_Irishness) November 16, 2014
That’s what a journalist would do. TIME, do you know any good journalists?