It seems the city of San Diego, California, is rushing down the path of political correctness with a new manual that tells employees what they can and can’t say.
Among the phrases that could get employees in trouble: “Founding fathers.” As in George Washington, John Adams, etc.
According to a section on “Bias-Free Language,” the term “founders” should be used instead.
Other phrases no longer welcome include “the common man,” “manmade” and “man up,” the Pacific Justice Institute said.
PJI added:
In response, the Pacific Justice Institute sent a letter to Mayor Kevin Faulconer late Monday calling for the guidelines to be rescinded. In the letter, PJI attorney Matthew McReynolds notes that more than 1,500 Supreme Court and lower court decisions have directly invoked the Founding Fathers. The letter quotes several examples from landmark cases. Under the guidelines, legal staff are discouraged from quoting these decisions.
Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice Institute, noted, “At a time set aside to honor American icons to whom we owe our constitutional freedoms, it is offensive and indefensible that the City of San Diego is directing employees not to even mention the Founding Fathers. We are calling on the mayor to immediately retract these guidelines and reassure city employees that they will not be punished for being patriotic. We cannot allow this type of censorship and PC insanity to destroy our free speech.”
PJI also offered to represent any city employee punished for their patriotic expression — free of charge.
This is what you get with liberalism, and the answer is simple — get rid of every single liberal in government.
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