News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Emmanuel Macron has urged France not to "give in to the spirit of the times" and reject gender-inclusive writing in order to safeguard the French language as a ban on non-traditional usage comes before the Senate.
The American sanitary pad manufacturer, Always, has advised a parenting website to replace terms such as 'women' and 'girls' with gender-neutral language like 'people' in articles concerning periods.
Andrew Neil has taken aim at Oxfam's absurd new 'Inclusive Language Guide', which he says is another sign of "a sinister cultural sea change".
Oxfam came under fire this week for issuing a bizarre 'inclusive' language guide that calls English "the language of a colonising nation" and tells staff to avoid the words 'mother' 'headquarters' and 'youth'.
Google is rolling out a new 'inclusive language' tool that suggests politically correct alternatives to words like 'landlord' and 'housewife' as you type.
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