Negroni to be banned?

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@orcenio

McWhorter might not be a crank, but he is a right-wing culture warrior.

For him to have even brought up this Brandeis list pretty much proves it. We had a thread on it when it was first reported by the Washington Examiner (right-wing rag). Brandeis University considers 'picnic' to be oppressive language

As was pointed out in that thread,

@Eonwe

This is a list of student suggestions from a campus organization whose job it is to be sensitive to stuff like this.

Nothing more. Basically just brainstorming ideas about what terms could have underlying meanings. For McWhorter to have dredged it up to somehow prove a point show extreme disingenuousness. @wolfpup, you should know better than to accept something like this without digging deeper.

From that other thread:

@RitterSport

Come on, people, let’s do better. The next time you see a seemingly ridiculous story about political correctness, just assume it’s bullshit and move on.

Something McWhorter should have done.