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| Our Intelligence Gets Insulted as ‘Experts' Weigh in on Using ‘Looting' to Describe Looting |
| 2021-11-24 |
| [Red State] RedState editor at large Kira Davis wrote Sunday about a very dumb yet predictable move by the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board to stop referring to sex offenders as "sex offenders" because of hurt feelings and stigmatization and whatnot. The term was changed to "adults who commit sexual offenses." Unfortunately, as Kira also noted, the language police have been running wild in recent years as it relates to both the "transgender rights" debate as well as criminal justice matters, like using "justice-involved individuals" to refer to criminals and using the term "person" to describe convicted felons, because apparently changing the way these people are referred to will decrease the likelihood of them becoming repeat offenders or something. The debate on the terminology used to describe the accused or convicted is not just confined to the criminal justice system, however. The debate has also played out perhaps even more extensively in the mainstream media, with one notable example being the AP’s decision last October to encourage media outlets to not refer to riots the likes of which we saw during the Antifa/BLM-led "protests" as "riots." The newest debate around the language used to describe suspected or confirmed offenders in the media comes after a wave of flash mob robbery incidents in the San Francisco area over the weekend that saw criminals block off city streets and bum rush department stores and grab possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise and then flee the scene. The incidents — and some in the law enforcement community referring to what happened as "looting" — apparently unnerved ABC7, which consulted "experts" who suggested the use of the term "looting" was not only technically wrong according to California law but was also supposedly stigmatizing to people of color and should not be used: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Havoc Mayhem Tumult Bedlam Actually, we should stop beating around the bush and call it by its proper name: Anarcho-Tyranny |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-11-24 17:30 |
| #2 Well Pedophiles want to be referred to as MAPs - Minor Attracted Persons. I guess other sex offenders want a new name as well... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-11-24 17:21 |
| #1 Pillaging anyone? There is a reason the word 'vandal' is in our vocabulary. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-11-24 17:17 |