Reflections From a Murky Pond

No. You can’t even make this shit up. I really don’t know if this is just what we allow to pass for colleges in California or a case of the Left Coast wanting to signal that they’re even #Woker than the Northeast. Either way though, USC’s Suzanne-Dworak-Peck School of Social Work wants everyone to know that use of the word “field” will no longer be tolerated.

As we enter 2023, we would like to share a change we are making at the Suzanne-Dworak-Peck School of Social Work to ensure our use of inclusive language and practice. Specifically, we have decided to remove the term ‘field’ from our curriculum and practice and replace it with ‘practicum.’ This change supports anti-racist social work practice by replacing language that could be considered anti-Black or anti-immigrant in favor of inclusive language. Language can be powerful, and phrases such as ‘going into the field’ or ‘field work’ may have connotations for descendants of slavery and immigrant workers that are not benign.

— Practicum Education Department,
USC Suzanne-Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

So, no more “field work,” and no more going into or being out “in the field.” Not sure how they’re planning to handle their “field of study.” 😆 But then, “anti-racism” is, more often than not, anti-sensical.

USC’s Suzanne-Dworak-Peck School of Social Work’s language policing does raise a singular, glaring question in my mind though. If they’re banning “field” from use due to it possibly having certain connotations for “descendants of slavery and immigrant workers,” are they also going to ban the use of “house?” After all, the House Negro is the antithesis of the Field Negro and holds extremely bad connotations to the majority of Blacks who always seem to need the charity of social work.

At all times and in a places I support LGBT – Liquor, Guns, Bacon, and Tits. And, because I’m Inclusive, I mean all tits. Furthermore, as a proponent of Diversity, I also fully support Ass. 😆

As for those that fit the more common usage for this acronym? No. I don’t support them for the most part, not for just being lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, or Trannies. However, I don’t have anything against them just for being Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, or Trannies either.

There’s a lot of times when this seems like it should be the message one gets when the thought police at Facebook decide to censor someone. Sadly, they don’t even have a need for it though. They can and have repeatedly applied whatever interpretation and scope of their existing rules to silence individuals that they and/or the Democrats find problematical. And, unless one has enough clout and reach to make a public spectacle out of it, there’s no recourse. Also, and even worse, is that limiting the reach of someone’s opinion, e.g., shadow banning, is “shadowed” for a reason. It’s a silent death of thought since it’s very hard to recognize that it’s happened to a particular victim in most cases.

I support offshore drilling – also inshore and onshore drilling. 😉 Oh! And yes, that goes for seeking oil too. Then, in the latter context, I’m also not against offshore windpower and/or hydropower, though I believe that those are only good for secondary power generation at this time and further ecological impact studies need to be performed.

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Drill, Baby, Drill!

Oh yeah! Drill, Baby, Drill. Supporting offshore drilling is both beautiful and very, very patriotic. America needs a lot more of it.

Unsurprisingly, Biden and Co. have again delayed issuing new federal regulations – first called for by President Trump – that would apply the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism to civil rights investigations, something lawmakers and advocates have long said would help protect Jewish students from anti-Semite discrimination and harassment in America’s universities.

So, it seems that Jewish students will have to stay in hiding, lest they face harassment, antisemitism, and endangerment of the collegiate careers and financial future – and, in some cases, face threats to their health and life.

It’s a sick thing that, under Biden and the Democrats, 2023 America is looking more and more like 1933 Germany.