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US Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list (www.politico.com)

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In addition to “climate change” and “green,” EERE forbid officials from using “emissions” to avoid the implication that they are a negative. Climate change is caused by rising greenhouse gas emissions, which is driven primarily by burning oil, coal and natural gas for energy.

Other terms officials must ditch include “energy transition,” “sustainability/sustainable,” “‘clean’ or ‘dirty’ energy,” “Carbon/CO2 ‘Footprint’” and “Tax breaks/tax credits/subsidies.”

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 131 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Imagine being so invested in bullshit that you have to censor any and all terms that contradict it.

Really, it's no wonder that Trump and his cronies and minions are so filled with rage - they're in a constant state of extreme cognitive dissonance.

And it makes sense in a way that they direct their rage at "woke" people and positions. From their limited, animalistic points of view, all they understand is that when they think of "woke," they're filled with rage. They aren't conscious enough to understand that the source of the rage isn't the positions or the people, but the cognitive dissonance they experience when they cling to their opposition to simple and obvious truths.

It has to be a miserable way to live, and if they weren't an existential threat to me, my family and friends, and society as a whole, I'd feel sorry for them.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 25 points 4 weeks ago

his cronies and minions are so filled with rage - they're in a constant state of extreme cognitive dissonance.

And that will be their own undoing. Fascists are fully driven by emotions. They are anti-liberal and anti-intellect after all.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 102 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

It's odd to me that they even have a banned words list to begin with

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 88 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm not American but I know American academics and they have told me they are being pulled into meetings and given lists of words they must not use. So much for all the "free speech" whining from Republicans.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 71 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

"Free speech" for republicans is just "I want to say the worst hateful, racist, bigoted shit out loud without repercussions"

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 34 points 4 weeks ago

"And punish you for daring to think about 'policing' me by calling me out."

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 weeks ago

Conservatives are, and have always been, about power over others. We kept their more evil nature's focused externally for a while with cold war, but without an external threat to point them at, they always turn on their neighbors eventually.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 27 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The government is owned by billionaires and they ban words that make line go up slower.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago

Whoever has the biggest bunker wins.

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[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 85 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Still can't believe the government has a banned word list for scientific reports.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 56 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

They're just working up to banning science.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 17 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

You mean banning ~~science~~ liberal shit talk non facts?

(how every conversation starts looking next year)

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[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 49 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It looks like “global warming” and “pollution” are back in the menu, boys!

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 24 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It was almost 90°F here today. You can't tell me global warming doesn't also fucking apply to climate change.

It doesn't matter what doublespeak they use, it's still happening

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

How can you be so obtuse? Do you not recall when a US Senator brought a snowball onto the floor of the senate to completely disprove this hoax?

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[–] Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 35 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

The Trump regime is a terrorist organization and should be treated as such.

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

Can't wait until enough people are upset that the guillotines come out.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

There are very few things more terrifying than a civil war. Americans jumping straight to wishing for one, ignoring millions of less murdery ways to fix their country never stops creeping me out. You guys are deeply fucked in more ways then one.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 17 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

To clarify: Not American

Soo, how exactly are you planning to fix the shitshow that the states are in rn? A leader heavily leaning to totalitarianism, most of executive power in the hands of his cronies, and you get shit like national guard unlawfully stationed in major cities, while censoring many of new-age issues and executive orders left and right that legalize bribery a remove power in order for him to stay in power.

And don't fucking say to "just vote". Apparently it didn't work so much last time.

Don't even get me started on trying to educate the people. 8 hours work, 1 hour commute, 8 hours sleep, taking care of kids, house, and you are left with like 4. What are you gonna do? Argue with paid trolls online and absolutely waste energy? Slip into people's DMs to talk about politics? Make videos that probably 10 people will see, at most?

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[–] Naich@lemmings.world 32 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

I do genuinely wonder if America can survive this perfect storm of idiotic fascism.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 30 points 4 weeks ago

It doesn't get any more 1984 than the government banning words they think are icky.

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 28 points 4 weeks ago

Fuck these assholes, fuck this country, fuck everything.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Climate unaliving

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[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Classic ministry of truth

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Because the old "$2.99 looks more like 2 dollars than 3 dollars" works on the masses they discovered that through social fuckery and behaviourism they are able to make us think and do almost anything. Fuck this bullshit. Let's find the warm sun again and start building a future and leave all of this power crap behind.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago

LoL, we're not gonna have anything but the "warm" sun in the near future.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Y'all upset about all this... orbital heating? We really should reduce the amount of gassy leakages from cars and cows.

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[–] Fairgreen@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah yes Free Speech

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Free speech (conservative newspeak): Calling black people the N-word and not receiving any social backlash.

[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago

Other terms officials must ditch include “energy transition,” “sustainability/sustainable,” “‘clean’ or ‘dirty’ energy,” “Carbon/CO2 ‘Footprint’” and “Tax breaks/tax credits/subsidies.”

Can't wait for press conferences from these officials to be stripped down to Kevin's level.

[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 16 points 4 weeks ago

There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose ~~emission~~ was like that of horses.

Ezekiel 23:20

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago

Enemies of humankind

[–] pleaseletmein@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

“Freeze peach” and all that.

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Back to global warming?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 weeks ago

World-wide uncoldification.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

climate.nasa.gov still works, for now.

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[–] ScrumpyDumpleskin@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Planetary abuse repercussions is a more accurate label, I say let's use that in place.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be easier to just ban all reports, period? Problem solved.

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[–] zululove@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What else is there to say but arm the workers

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Organize the workers. Many are already armed but it doesn't help without organization.

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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 11 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Don't you use the word emission quite a bit in nuclear?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 4 weeks ago

Now they're just immigrant protons.

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 9 points 4 weeks ago

Gonna make it illegal to look up next?

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 weeks ago

Global hotting

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