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Spooks Need to Use Inclusive Language
Posted on 3/24/24 at 10:51 am
Posted on 3/24/24 at 10:51 am
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The US intelligence community’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Office has released a new internal newsletter featuring recommendations on the language that security personnel should avoid in their work, Fox News reported on Saturday.
The document urges against using words such as ‘blacklisting’ or ‘cakewalk’, and highlights the benefits of cross-dressing for an intelligence officer’s work, the broadcaster said.
The newsletter features a total of six articles “that speak to inclusivity more broadly, exploring gender identity, advances in accessibility, and diversity in leadership,” according to Fox News, which was able to review the contents.
The first piece reportedly covers intelligence training and presentation materials that conflate Islam with terrorism, and details efforts aimed at “weeding out” problematic language that “is offensive and alienates our Muslim-American colleagues.”
A separate article in the newsletter was said to be dedicated to the experience of an unnamed male intelligence official who admitted to cross-dressing and claimed it had enhanced his professional skills. “I think my experiences as someone who cross-dresses have sharpened the skills I use as an intelligence officer, particularly critical thinking and perspective-taking,” according to the unnamed author.
Another piece dealing with ‘linguistic diversity’ suggested that intelligence officials should get rid of what it calls ‘biased language’. The list of terms to be avoided include ‘blacklisted’ because it supposedly implies that “black is bad and white is good,” as well as ‘sanity check’, as it is said to imply that people with mental issues are inferior to others.
The document drew some criticism from US lawmakers and intelligence community veterans. Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, told Fox News that “intelligence officers should spend their time finding terrorists, not worrying about whether they will offend them.”
Jeremy Hunt, a former Army intelligence officer and the head of the advocacy group Veterans on Duty, warned that such language would lead to “lower quality, imprecise, and confusing intelligence reports.”
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Posted on 3/24/24 at 10:53 am to blueridgeTiger
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The list of terms to be avoided include ‘blacklisted’ because it supposedly implies that “black is bad and white is good,
Being a white person, I'm often told that I've been "whitelisted" due to my white privilege.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 10:53 am to blueridgeTiger
DEI = Didn't Earn It
ETA:
"Spooks" ISWYDT
ETA:
"Spooks" ISWYDT
This post was edited on 3/24/24 at 10:55 am
Posted on 3/24/24 at 11:04 am to blueridgeTiger
Finding this little gem to post is like Christmas for you.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 11:09 am to blueridgeTiger
It's just like the Biden administration to double-down on the nonsense that is largely responsible for the shortage of new recruits.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 11:27 am to blueridgeTiger
I saw on Fox News this morning that other verboten terms include "cakewalk" and "brown bagging." Apparently, cakewalk harkens back to plantation days, and we can only imagine why "brown bagging" would be triggering.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 11:36 am to VOR
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Finding this little gem to post is like Christmas for you.
Calling out the sheer insanity of your political gods really gets under your skin doesn’t it? I’m sure you also believe that men getting pregnant and having babies is just one of nature’s many miracles.
You fricking idiot
Posted on 3/24/24 at 11:42 am to blueridgeTiger
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Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, told Fox News that “intelligence officers should spend their time finding terrorists, not worrying about whether they will offend them.”
and pLease don't call criminals thugs.. It hurts their feelings.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 12:06 pm to blueridgeTiger
Here I thought you were going to mention urban city leadership
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