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2021-03-21 -Great Cultural Revolution
Weather Channel will stop using 'racially insensitive' term 'Dixie Alley' for tornado-prone region of the South
[MSN] The Weather Channel on Friday announced it will no longer use the term "Dixie Alley" on its television network. The term describes the region of the southern U.S. that's prone to deadly tornado outbreaks.

Posted by Fred 2021-03-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#1 Dixie: verboten
Chix with Dix: obligatory worship
Posted by Mad Eye Bucket6290 2021-03-21 01:02||   2021-03-21 01:02|| Front Page Top

#2 "Southern" is insensitive so we must use "Anti-poleward" now. (People in the Southern Other Hemisphere are free to decide on their own terms...)
Posted by magpie 2021-03-21 01:03||   2021-03-21 01:03|| Front Page Top

#3 #2: That's insensitive to the half of America that is pole deprived.
Posted by Gomez Angolurt5530 2021-03-21 04:04||   2021-03-21 04:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Not that I needed another reason not to watch.
Posted by Woozle Theamble4130 2021-03-21 08:58||   2021-03-21 08:58|| Front Page Top

#5 "Bible Belt Alley' it is then.
Posted by ruprecht 2021-03-21 09:14||   2021-03-21 09:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Chitlins are next.
Posted by crazyhorse 2021-03-21 10:32||   2021-03-21 10:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Nothing against a weather channel, but this Channel is irrelevant. Who owns them again?
Posted by Clem 2021-03-21 10:35||   2021-03-21 10:35|| Front Page Top

#8 a lil' ol' company called IBM
Posted by Chesney Hatrack3343 2021-03-21 11:10||   2021-03-21 11:10|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ That's Weather Underground. An app and and a website
Posted by Frank G 2021-03-21 11:30||   2021-03-21 11:30|| Front Page Top

#10 Weather Channel sold to independent studio/distributor/
Posted by Clem 2021-03-21 11:33||   2021-03-21 11:33|| Front Page Top

#11 Weather Underground is indeed an IBM app but kicks ass over Weather Channel and Accuweather IMNSHO
Posted by Frank G 2021-03-21 11:40||   2021-03-21 11:40|| Front Page Top

#12 They better stop using the term 'black ice' then.
Posted by Thineger Sproing6704 2021-03-21 14:46||   2021-03-21 14:46|| Front Page Top

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