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Politically correct disease names
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:27 am
by sam
OK, when did "Down's Syndrome" become "Down Syndrome?" Is Alzheimer's now Alzheimer? WTF?
Re: Politically correct disease names
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:56 am
by Jericho941
Lazy journalists, mostly.
Re: Politically correct disease names
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:17 am
by mekender
probably about the same time that every rifle became an "assault rifle"
Re: Politically correct disease names
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:28 am
by workinwifdakids
15 minutes after EXIT (eck-sit) became Egg-Zit, and Visa (Vee-Suh) became Vee-Zuh. If they're going to actively work for the downfall of America, they could at least learn to speak English properly.
Re: Politically correct disease names
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:21 pm
by curtiskacin
Most suffer from hoof 'n' {in} mouth disease.
Re: Politically correct disease names
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:37 pm
by Dedicated_Dad
Well...
I've been told "PMS" got its name because "mad cow disease" was already taken...
Does that count?
DD
PS: I agree - nothing PC here, just idiot "journalists."
Used to be they were someone to look up to. Now...
DD
Re: Politically correct disease names
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:46 pm
by Fivetoes
I think AIDs has been called "It's George Bush's fault we are dying" disease.
Re: Politically correct disease names
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:55 am
by Darrell
Remember the good old days, when PMS was just called "cramps"? Know what men discovered right after women discovered PMS? ESPN.

Re: Politically correct disease names
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:47 pm
by Ben Rumson
A few years ago, fits of stupidity and high emotions would get you a name such as liberal. But today, you get called a progressive as if you're actually going somewhere with the disease and it's a good thing.
Re: Politically correct disease names
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:41 pm
by The Quiet Man
Fivetoes wrote:I think AIDs has been called "It's George Bush's fault we are dying" disease.
Only after they got tired of blaming AIDs on Ronald Reagan. George W. Bush is the new "fault" for everything and will be for the foreseeable future.
