Minnesota mayor calls for city to remove ‘chief’ from city job titles because it’s 'offensive'
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2020 Jun 19, 12:59pm 874 views 18 comments
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Bd6r
2020 Jun 19, 1:00pm
Bd6r
2020 Jun 19, 1:00pm
When you think that crazytown can not go any further, they surprise everyone...
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Ceffer
2020 Jun 19, 1:05pm
Ceffer
2020 Jun 19, 1:05pm
Let's do the 'Grovel Mash'. He who grovels the most is the most virtue signaling. Meanwhile, arm up and be sure to apologize before firing.
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Bd6r
2020 Jun 19, 2:22pm
Bd6r
2020 Jun 19, 2:22pm
jazz_music says
white WOMYN, in this case
Care to look up how many brown people live in Duluth, Minnesota? That's gotta be the most lily-white town in USA, showing yet again that white politically correct idiots are the worst scourge of Earth.
White men corrected by brown men
white WOMYN, in this case
Care to look up how many brown people live in Duluth, Minnesota? That's gotta be the most lily-white town in USA, showing yet again that white politically correct idiots are the worst scourge of Earth.
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PeopleUnited
2020 Jun 19, 2:35pm
PeopleUnited
2020 Jun 19, 2:35pm
Only when North America is free of every white person and Europe is run by Militant Moslems will the racism end.
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FortWayneAsNancyPelosiHaircut
2020 Jun 19, 3:07pm
FortWayneAsNancyPelosiHaircut
2020 Jun 19, 3:07pm
They ran out of things to complain about. And watch liberals cower and do everything these guys say.
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georgeliberte
2020 Jun 19, 3:28pm
georgeliberte
2020 Jun 19, 3:28pm
How about Master as in Police Master. That's politically correct right?
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SunnyvaleCA
2020 Jun 19, 3:50pm
People have to realize that there is no end to this madness. Concessions just lead to more demands. To the extent these demands are actually "leadership" of some sort, society is being led over a cliff.
What is the counter to this stupidity? I would say....
In the case of "chief," I don't see the "offense" at all. I can't think of any context where calling someone a leader is demeaning. The English term was in widespread use before the use with respect to Native Peoples of North America. It was not a derogatory term before that use and it is not a derogatory term now. If, in your non-standard understanding of the term, you somehow take "offense" then don't use the term; but the rest of us, who understand the term to be not in the least offensive, will continue the tradition.
"Chief" is consistently a word of respect, but some other words have different connotations depending on context. For example, "master" can mean someone of great skill and expertise, and calling an artist or tradesman a "master" is unequivocally a term of reverence and high praise. The term "housemaster" comes from English prep schools, where white male teachers were in charge of managing white boys in a dormitory setting — the only race involved was the pastiest of white people. "Housemaster" was a term of respect and a term of submission, but submission is appropriate because, after all, pre-teen and young-teen children need an adult to set rules and expectations.
What is the counter to this stupidity? I would say....
In the case of "chief," I don't see the "offense" at all. I can't think of any context where calling someone a leader is demeaning. The English term was in widespread use before the use with respect to Native Peoples of North America. It was not a derogatory term before that use and it is not a derogatory term now. If, in your non-standard understanding of the term, you somehow take "offense" then don't use the term; but the rest of us, who understand the term to be not in the least offensive, will continue the tradition.
"Chief" is consistently a word of respect, but some other words have different connotations depending on context. For example, "master" can mean someone of great skill and expertise, and calling an artist or tradesman a "master" is unequivocally a term of reverence and high praise. The term "housemaster" comes from English prep schools, where white male teachers were in charge of managing white boys in a dormitory setting — the only race involved was the pastiest of white people. "Housemaster" was a term of respect and a term of submission, but submission is appropriate because, after all, pre-teen and young-teen children need an adult to set rules and expectations.
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Onvacation
2020 Jun 19, 5:11pm
There were chiefs long before Columbus discovered America.
Onvacation
2020 Jun 19, 5:11pm
'chief (n.)
c. 1300, "head, leader, captain; the principal or most important part of anything;" from Old French chief "leader, ruler, head" of something, "capital city" (10c., Modern French chef), from Vulgar Latin capum, from Latin caput "head," also "leader, chief person; summit; capital city" (from PIE root kaput- "head"). Meaning "head of a clan" is from 1570s; later extended to headmen of American Indian tribes (by 1713; William Penn, 1680s, called them kings). Commander-in-chief attested from 1660s.
There were chiefs long before Columbus discovered America.
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SunnyvaleCA
2020 Jun 19, 5:56pm
Onvacation says
Exactly. And I can't find any time it is used as a derogatory term. These "offended" people are pathetic. They should figure out how to do something useful in order to earn respect within the community.
There were chiefs long before Columbus discovered America.
Exactly. And I can't find any time it is used as a derogatory term. These "offended" people are pathetic. They should figure out how to do something useful in order to earn respect within the community.
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Onvacation
2020 Jun 19, 6:03pm
Onvacation
2020 Jun 19, 6:03pm
SunnyvaleCA says
It counters the narrative that native Americans lived in leaderless peace loving socialist communities that instinctively followed the Buffalo and left the land better than when they found it.
Exactly. And I can't find any time it is used as a derogatory term. These "offended" people are pathetic. They should figure out how to do something useful in order to earn respect within the community.
It counters the narrative that native Americans lived in leaderless peace loving socialist communities that instinctively followed the Buffalo and left the land better than when they found it.
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Patrick
2020 Jun 19, 6:37pm
Patrick
2020 Jun 19, 6:37pm
Oh come on. "Negro" is exactly the same as "nigger".
As are all words in the English language!
And all other languages.
EVERY SINGLE WORD IN EVERY LANGUAGE is offensive, and you better bow before the arbiters of offensiveness, lest they take offense at your refusal to bow.
BOW! NOW!
And lick the dirt and confess your sins. Maybe they will be merciful and let you wipe their asses with your tongue.
As are all words in the English language!
And all other languages.
EVERY SINGLE WORD IN EVERY LANGUAGE is offensive, and you better bow before the arbiters of offensiveness, lest they take offense at your refusal to bow.
BOW! NOW!
And lick the dirt and confess your sins. Maybe they will be merciful and let you wipe their asses with your tongue.
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Tenpoundbass
2020 Jun 19, 6:42pm
Tenpoundbass
2020 Jun 19, 6:42pm
May I suggest they use Master of Police and Master Fire Marshall?
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Tenpoundbass
2020 Jun 19, 6:43pm
Tenpoundbass
2020 Jun 19, 6:43pm
If that doesn't work, they just can't be called "Police" they are supposed to be in charge of the other guys.
How about King Popo?
How about King Popo?
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SunnyvaleCA
2020 Jun 19, 6:51pm
As an unmarried adult male, can I insist people use my proper title: "Master."
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Misc
2020 Jun 19, 11:53pm
SunnyvaleCA says
Only if you have a Master's Degree. Whereupon, if people pointed out how racist/sexist that degree is called, maybe those of the wokenness would recoil in horror at those leading them.
As an unmarried adult male, can I insist people use my proper title: "Master."
Only if you have a Master's Degree. Whereupon, if people pointed out how racist/sexist that degree is called, maybe those of the wokenness would recoil in horror at those leading them.
Amazing....😨😨😨