George Orwell once warned us about the power of language because it “structures and limits the ideas that individuals are capable of formulating and expressing.” This is a concept that American liberals have embraced with great gusto in the current era. If you can control the language, you control the conversation and eventually the entire debate. Some liberal universities in California are now moving even further into their experiments in language control (and thereby thought control) by officially enacting a “purge” of “harmful” language and phrases. As the Free Beacon reports this week, Stanford University is leading the charge. They’ve published a new guide explaining their “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative.” And even in this era of liberal insanity, some of the entries might surprise you.Read More
California colleges move to purge “harmful phrases”
