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   Matthew Sheffield (mattsheffield@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Mar-2025 14:11:59 JST Matthew Sheffield

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   Right-wingers are pretending to care about women's sports even as the Trump administration is literally discouraging scientists from using the words 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 and 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯.

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     Matthew Sheffield (mattsheffield@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Mar-2025 14:12:00 JST Matthew Sheffield

     For decades, reactionary extremists pretended to be "free speech absolutists," but this was always a lie.

     The latest proof of this is how the Trump administration is trying to ban private scientists from using basic words that it thinks encourage leftism, horribly politically correct words like:

     barrier
     Gulf of Mexico
     black
     female
     mental health
     women
     gender

     This is the most sweeping censorship operation in US history, carried out by supposed "free speech" people https://archive.ph/Bxd91

     Steve's Place and RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈 repeated this.