Andy
Warhol’s famous “everyone gets 15 minutes of fame” observation apparently was quite
prophetic. Current examples of those
seeking such transient notoriety are sexting, goofy YouTube videos, Facebook, reddit posts, or even those
ego maniacs who feel that their blog postings are golden prose. But there is another type of grandstander who seeks headlines by bowdlerizing our everyday communications … the language
police if you will. The latest Warhol-type
is a woman in Cranston , RI
There are
many other examples of such linguist political correctness -- Native American, visually
impaired, African American, Happy Holiday, firefighter, vertically challenged, freedom
fries, etc. … see: Political Correctness and, for a more extensive treatment, see: Language Police
Perhaps the Cains pickle company might have changed their pickle-jar packaging to read “Kosher
Dill Little People”?
It was determined by the gender equality police that every thing and title should provide an alternate to "man" with one exception: manhole. That can be the exclusive province of males.
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