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DCG posted: " Don’t say ‘hold the fort’...it’s offensive to Native
Americans, warns state department diversity chief Daily Mail: Political
correctness has just claimed another victim - saying 'hold the fort' has
now been deemed offensive to Native Americans." Respond to this post by
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<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/> More PC
baloney…<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/more-pc-baloney/>by
DCG <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/>
<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/fort1.jpg> Don’t say
‘hold the fort’...it’s offensive to Native Americans, warns state
department diversity chief
Daily
Mail<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2196425/Don-t-say-hold-fort--s-offensive-Native-Americans-warns-state-department-diversity-chief.html>:
Political correctness has just claimed another victim - *saying 'hold the
fort' has now been deemed offensive to Native Americans*. That is the view
of the U.S. State Department's Chief Diversity Officer John Robinson, who
has penned a column explaining *why that phrase and many others can cause
offensive* - offering advice on how citizens can watch what they say.
Explaining, wrongly, that 'hold the fort' derives from defending homesteads
and seeking refuge from raging Native American's in the 19th century,
Robinson advises his readers in State Magazine to be aware *that the phrase
is now negative and racist*.
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Chief PC Baloney Officer...
'How many times have you or a colleague asked if someone could 'hold down
the fort?' wrote Robinson.'*You were likely asking someone to watch the
office while you go and do something else, but the phrase's historical
connotation to some is negative and racially offensive.*'
'To 'hold down the fort' originally meant to watch and protect against the
vicious Native American intruders.'In the territories of the West, Army
soldiers or settlers saw the 'fort' as their refuge from their perceived
'enemy,' the stereotypical 'savage' Native American tribes.'
*In Robinson's firing line was another phrase that is in everyday use:
'Going Dutch'.* Instead of a fair way of dividing the restaurant bill among
friends, the top diversity officer in the country *has deemed the phrase as
a 'negative stereotype portraying the Dutch as cheap*.'
*And instead of referring to a non-exact average 'rule of thumb' is
offensive to women all across the world.* This is because the phrase
derives from 'an antiquated law, whereby the width of a husband's thumb was
the legal size of a switch of rod allowed to beat his wife,' wrote
Robinson.' If her bruises were not larger than the width of his thumb, the
husband could not be brought to court to answer for his behaviour because
he had not violated the 'rule of thumb'.
Drawing attention to this, Robinson hopes that everyone, men and women
think before they say this popular phrase.
Moving on to those with disabilities, Robinson urges caution over the word
'handicap'. This is because some in the disabled community, *'believe this
term is rooted in a correlation between a disabled individual and a beggar,
who had to beg with a cap in his or her hand because of the inability to
maintain employment*.'
'Choose your words thoughtfully,' wrote Robinson wrote.'Now that you know
the *possible historical context* of the above phrases, perhaps you will
understand why someone could be offended by their use. Let us agree that
language will continue to evolve with continually improving consciousness
and respect for others.'
Going Dutch is now offensive? And how many people think of a man beating
his wife when they say "rule of thumb"?
PC madness...next on the Chief's agenda: anyone who believes in
traditional marriage is deemed to be offensive. Someone needs to grow some
thicker skin.
DCG
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