And the march towards censoring speech continues. I can only imagine this will meet with all the spectacular success that previous efforts have had.

College campaigns against offensive language such as ‘derp,’ ‘wuss,’ and ‘you guys’

Avoid words such as “crazy” or “derp” and replace them with “person with a mental health condition” or “person with a learning or cognitive disability.”

“Our culture is heterosexist, it’s racist, it’s patriarchal. It’s transphobic, homophobic, ageist, ableist.” – Visiting Assistant Professor SooJin Pate   

The campaign’s website lists even more words, such as “lame,” which have an “oppressive impact in our society.” Other posters instruct students not to use the phrase “illegal alien” or “handicapped.”

Ye gods. Some people have waaaay too much free time and too strong of an urge to be bossy thought-controlling intolerant fascists.

A derpy history lesson: “derp” seems to have been around forever, coming from the world of slapstick comedy. But it doesn;t seem to have hit the popular culture in any meaningful way until the brief arrival of Mr. Derp on “South Park” way, way, WAAAAAAY back in the distant year of Nineteen Ninety Aught Nine.

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How will this effort to control speech work out? I believe that, as in so many things, Eric Cartman shows us the way:

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