Texas state House speaker bans the word 'racism' amid voting bill debate

[babylonsister]

How do you ban a word?

TheHill.com
Texas state House speaker bans the word 'racism' amid voting bill debate
By Rachel Scully - 08/27/21 07:46 AM EDT



Texas State House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) on Thursday banned the word "racism" in the chamber after tensions flared while debating the highly disputed voting rights bill, ABC 13 reported.

"While we may have strong disagreements on the legislation and policy that will be debated, our rules require that we conduct ourselves in a civil manner and treat our colleagues with respect," Phelan said of the ban on the word.

"We can talk about racial impacts with this legislation without accusing members of this body of being racist," Phelan said.

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Democrats fought back against Phelan's ban, saying that the bill is racist and greatly impacts minorities. Others said that the word was directed toward the bill, not at individual Republicans in the room.

a bit more...

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/569671-texas-state-house-speaker-bans-the-word-racism-amid-voting-bill-debate

[aeromanKC]

1. "the word was directed toward the bill, not at individual Republicans in the room"

But if the shoe fits..... (it does)

[dweller]

2. Has a word ever been banned before ?

By law ?
🤔

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[Earth-shine]

5. F*ck yes.

Can't say that on TV ... unless it's cable, and it's late at night.

[dweller]

8. Then it's not

Fucking banned, is it ?

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[Earth-shine]

9. It is during the day on "broadcast" stations.

I didn't expect an argument.

[dweller]

10. lol

If we are using it freely here, or on certain tv broadcast during certain hours, then again, it’s not banned, but rather controlled, as say alcohol is not sold during certain hours …

Wasn’t trying to be argumentative

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[Cerridwen]

13. This count? About 8 years ago; "rape," "sexual assault"

Barred, at trial, during victim testimony effectively silencing her words. Attorneys tried to have the word "sex" barred as well.

a judge’s order bars witnesses from using words like “rape” and “sexual assault” in the trial of Pamir Safi, who is accused of sexually assaulting Bowen.

[link:https://archive.ph/ytwLF#selection-2697.113-2697.267|
Banned words debated in sex assault case ]

[JT45242]

3. methinks the lady doth protest too much...

I think Shakespeare wrote this just for these kind of (R) POS

[Magoo48]

4. Ban words, ban books, ban classroom subjects: fucking Nazis.

[ananda]

6. I hate this state sometimes.

Yes, Reeps, you are RACIST to the core!

[DeeNice]

7. "We can talk about racial impacts with this legislation without accusing

members of this body of being racist,"
You spelled "we'd like to be preemptively absolved of any responsibility for any racial impacts caused by our actions" wrong.

[bluecollar2]

11. Substitute bigot for racist and press on...

Plenty of available options...

We can call them bigots, exclusionists, Klan sympathisers, white supremacists, hypocrites, elitists...

Ask them what they prefer

[treestar]

12. What stupidity

Just use of create a synonym. These are the people that get elected to that body?