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US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/42597/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/42597/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Quebec’s Language Police Decide ‘Go’ Is OK <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FrenchLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LanguagePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguagePolice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montreal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MontrealCanadiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MontrealCanadiens</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/quebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quebec</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Michael ☕️<p>This is what happens when stupid people decide that words can be bad.</p><p>Pete Hegseth, Trump's DUI hire, and his Dept of Defense will ban references to the Enola Gay, the WWII bomber that carried the nuclear bomb to Hiroshima. </p><p>It was named after the pilot's mother, not the sexual preference.</p><p>Pentagon's DEI purge<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/dei-purge-images-pentagon-diversity-women-black-8efcfaec909954f4a24bad0d49c78074" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/dei-purge-i</span><span class="invisible">mages-pentagon-diversity-women-black-8efcfaec909954f4a24bad0d49c78074</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThoughtCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtCrime</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EnolaGay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnolaGay</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USDOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDOD</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LanguagePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguagePolice</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/APNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APNews</span></a></p>
Estelle Platini<p>&quot;This is a confession. I love daytime TV. I smoke, even though I officially gave up years ago. I’m often late, and usually lie about why. And sometimes I feel good when others feel bad.</p><p>&quot;The Japanese have a saying: “The misfortunes of others taste like honey.” […] In Hebrew enjoying other people’s catastrophes is &#39;simcha la‑ed&#39;.&quot;</p><p>Excerpts from the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Schadenfreude" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Schadenfreude</span></a> by Tiffany Watt Smith: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190606171225/https://lithub.com/not-just-a-german-word-a-brief-history-of-schadenfreude/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2019060617</span><span class="invisible">1225/https://lithub.com/not-just-a-german-word-a-brief-history-of-schadenfreude/</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychology" class="u-url mention">@<span>psychology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/failures" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>failures</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/envy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>envy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/emotionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>emotionality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/frustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>frustration</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/discomfort" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>discomfort</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/tonePolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tonePolicing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/languagePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>languagePolice</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/conversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conversations</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/debates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>debates</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/blameTheVictim" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blameTheVictim</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/grievability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grievability</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sadism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sadism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bondage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bondage</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/failures" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>failures</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>joy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TiffanyWattSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TiffanyWattSmith</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bookStodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookStodon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wickedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wickedness</span></a></p>
somecanuckchick<p>FYI Informed consent is an essential component of health care.</p><p>If you do NOT speak French and/or are NOT otherwise fluent in French, you cannot give informed consent in French. FULL STOP.</p><p>PS FUCK THE CAQ.</p><p><a href="https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/french-language-inspectors-are-cracking-down-on-montreal-hospitals" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">montrealgazette.com/news/local</span><span class="invisible">-news/french-language-inspectors-are-cracking-down-on-montreal-hospitals</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/assnat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assnat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/polQC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polQC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/languagepolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagepolice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/caqastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caqastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fuckthecaq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuckthecaq</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/polcan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polcan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/healthcanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcanada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/informedconsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>informedconsent</span></a></p>
Estelle Platini<p>Asking people to calm down protects privilege – and silences people who are hurting.</p><p>Tone policing: <a href="https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/12/tone-policing-and-privilege/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everydayfeminism.com/2015/12/t</span><span class="invisible">one-policing-and-privilege/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/emotionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>emotionality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/frustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>frustration</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/discomfort" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>discomfort</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/tonePolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tonePolicing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RobotHugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RobotHugs</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/languagePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>languagePolice</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/conversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conversations</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/debates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>debates</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/blameTheVictim" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blameTheVictim</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/adultSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>adultSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/manliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>manliness</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>feminism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/grievability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grievability</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>school</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/adultDomination" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>adultDomination</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/adultism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>adultism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/maleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/adults" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>adults</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>patriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/whiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>whiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/JKRowling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JKRowling</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/transGender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transGender</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/transPhobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transPhobia</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/transLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transLaw</span></a></p>
C.<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://nfld.me/@taco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>taco</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ottawa.place/@stephanie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stephanie</span></a></span> </p><p>I've been so disgusted by the language police and the English restrictions for years. I'm about ready to say "If Quebecers cannot obtain government services in English on demand, then the federal government won't offer them in French either".</p><p>I was born in Quebec, and I probably couldn't get an English "permit".</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PapersPlease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PapersPlease</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LanguagePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguagePolice</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a></p>