Oh, you know. Only the latest effort by the speech police.
https://twitter.com/rachelveronica/status/443063978973855744
We have now. Thanks a lot, Rachel!
The Girl Scouts have admittedly done a lot of great things for young women over the years. This is not one of those things:
Wut? MT @lheal: Holy lack of self-awareness, Batgirl: @girlscouts want you not to say "bossy," OR ELSE. #banbossy. http://t.co/WkJoH3Z4aQ
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) March 10, 2014
That’s right. The Girl Scouts want to strike “bossy” from our vocabulary, with a little help from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg:
Typical bossy woman, telling me what words I can and can't use. http://t.co/5TXnKIMfbC
— Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) March 10, 2014
Snort. Via ABC News:
Sandberg — the chief operating officer of Facebook and author of the best-selling book “Lean In” — is spearheading the launch of a campaign today to ban the word “bossy,” arguing the negative put-down stops girls from pursuing leadership roles.
“We know that by middle school, more boys than girls want to lead,” Sandberg said, “and if you ask girls why they don’t want to lead, whether it’s the school project all the way on to running for office, they don’t want to be called bossy, and they don’t want to be disliked.”
And as we all know, telling people what they can and cannot say is the best way to get them to like you.
Needless to say, Sandberg and the #BanBossy crowd aren’t exactly getting the respect they seek:
https://twitter.com/bccohan/status/443074261688008706
https://twitter.com/bitingtea/status/443078730576326656
I can't stand bossy little kids. #BanBossyKids #BanBossy
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/JackieBodnar/status/443066149191036928
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/443078073207259136
I'm called bossy all the time. Not once have I ever thought it was bad. Oh, maybe it's because I don't consider myself a victim. #banbossy
— Zovya RPG Maps (@Zovya) March 10, 2014
Hands over lunch money daily. RT @thisisjoshsmith: JUST IN: See image#banbossy http://t.co/YWRe6CSMTo
— Mitch G, Thats Me. (@mgcat) March 10, 2014
"People have called me bossy! Boo hoo!" Good freaking hell, get over yourself. #banbossy
— Angela (one of many) (@angelaisms) March 10, 2014
Since when are only female brats called bossy? I've called plenty of male brats bossy. (Also called them bratty.) #banbossy
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
I had a boss that fully admitted she was bossy. Banning a word is the stupidest thing you could advocate. #BanBossy
— Chris Meller (@chrismeller) March 10, 2014
If you think that banning words is the way to teach young girls to compete in the real world, you're part of the problem #banbossy
— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) March 10, 2014
Never give up the Bossy #banbossy pic.twitter.com/pzRU9xjnZJ
— Rick Sheridan (@RickSheridan) March 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/443077213299044352
I'll tell you what. I'll stop using the word "bossy" when the national debt starts going down. Mmmkay?
— Debbie, BS, MS, MS, MS, PMP, AA, BA (@mosesmosesmoses) March 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/rachelveronica/status/443060215307452416
BREAKING: If you have to monitor and regulate other people's speech to feel better about yourself, you are NOT empowered. #banbossy
— Angela (one of many) (@angelaisms) March 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/443081142062030848
Forcing people to use certain language… Ban #banbossy
— Wittorical (@Wittorical) March 10, 2014
If we ban the word bossy, then I'm stuck calling assertive women "uppity." #BanBossy
— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) March 10, 2014
Ha!
https://twitter.com/amylutz4/status/443067249050415104
it's pretty bossy to insist that we ban the word bossy. #banbossy
— Christine "Go Donate Blood" Rousselle (@crousselle) March 10, 2014
Girls in the middle east are being executed for learning to read. But rich Americans are wasting their time on #banbossy. #whitepeople #smh
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
Cannot believe this is serious —> #BanBossy
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock (@kimmie_c_) March 10, 2014
#BanBossy Teaching girls to be strong leaders by telling them to go running to a teacher at the first sign of disagreement
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) March 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/Oh_Kitty_O/status/443082457718734848
Bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy, bossy. #DontTellMeWhatToDo #BanBossy
— China is lying (@jtLOL) March 10, 2014
This is the stupidest campaign ever —> #banbossy <— Hey Leftists, stop banning everything. It's bossy.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/amylutz4/status/443070570628804608
Amen to that.
Girl Scouts want a generation of victims. When they hit the real world, my daughters will run laps around these delicate little flowers.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
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