The 27 dirty words of Trumplandia

Once upon a time, not really that long ago (1972), the comedian George Carlin made a routine out of reciting "7 dirty words" barred from broadcast TV. The comedian Lenny Bruce had pioneered the schtick in the sixites with "9 dirty words." Bruce was arrested more than once, charged with obscenity.

The Trumpies (Christian nationalist and Project 2025 branch) have selected 27 words they are excising from federal websites. Judd Legum provides the list as imposed on the National Security Agency:

• Anti-Racism
• 
Racism

• Allyship

• Bias

• DEI

• Diversity

• Diverse

• Confirmation Bias

• Equity
• 
Equitableness

• Feminism
• 
Gender

• Gender 
• Identity
• 
Inclusion
• 
Inclusive

• All-Inclusive
• 
Inclusivity
• 
Injustice

• Intersectionality
• 
Prejudice

• Privilege
• 
Racial Identity
• 
Sexuality

• Stereotypes

• Pronouns

• Transgender
 Equality

Without language to describe reality, we cannot think clearly about the nature of the society in which we live.

Or so they hope. I trust in human creativity to enable us to find ways to speak what must be spoken. It's never "just words."