UNLV law school apologizes for using word
‘picnic,’ changes it to ‘Lunch by
the Lake’
College Fix,
by
Dave Huber
Original Article
Posted By: Beardo,
10/8/2023 2:48:17 AM
A scheduled “picnic” sponsored by the University of Nevada Las Vegas law school’s Environmental Law Society has been renamed “Lunch by the Lake” due to “diversity and inclusion” concerns.
According to a memo obtained by Libs of TikTok, the law group informed members that the word “picnic” has “historical and offensive connotations,” and apologized for “any harm or discomfort” caused by its use.
The group’s view mirrors that of the University of Michigan’s IT department from several years ago: “Picnic” was included in a “Words Matter Task Force’s” list of offensive words and phrases along with “brown bag,” “blacklist” and “long time, no see” among others.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
beancounter 10/8/2023 3:10:02 AM (No. 1572004)
There are way too many people with too much free time on their hands.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Strike3 10/8/2023 3:20:11 AM (No. 1572005)
How about we have a Lynching in the Lilacs and send all diversity and inclusion "experts" to the unemployment line to get a real job? This nonsense has gone on far too long.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 10/8/2023 3:42:39 AM (No. 1572010)
Eventually, all communication will become so stifled and regulated as to inhibit transference of the main idea from one person to another. We will cease to communicate with one another employing the computer to be the intermediary for all interpersonal communication. The "computer" will "filter" and "adjust" what is said using the "awareness's" of the day. Life will continue like this until the next big attack on the USA, at which time all that stupid stuff comes to an abrupt unceremonious end.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Aspen02 10/8/2023 5:30:02 AM (No. 1572040)
Priorities such as picnic vs lunch demonstrate what a lost sick nation we are becoming.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
coyote 10/8/2023 5:39:40 AM (No. 1572044)
More nonsense from some cloistered academic.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Highlander 10/8/2023 5:50:24 AM (No. 1572049)
It’s all part of a plot to grind this country to a halt by constant attacks on language and culture.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
5 handicap 10/8/2023 5:57:23 AM (No. 1572055)
Why in the world would anyone hire a lawyer so stupid that they attended UNLV Law School?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
chillijilli 10/8/2023 7:55:07 AM (No. 1572088)
Ahhh. So now I get it. We cannot have brown bags, but we can have brown people. And lists can't be black, but people can. I can't begin to imagine the humiliation a young black child might have to endure if he/she/it/they brought a picnic lunch in a brown bag. to an event. Big mistake, punishable by ostracism for life. Long time no see!
I hope these word police are busy canceling music lyrics from the past as well. They should start with Elvis himself. What business was it of his if I was lonesome tonight? He was obviously a stalking pedophile and must be immediately erased from history.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
pixelero 10/8/2023 7:58:48 AM (No. 1572091)
Have to give Wikipedia some time to catch up, evidently, since their citation tags “picnic,” as originating in 17th century Europe.
These people are nuts and the single reason they even have a forum is the uneducated credulity of the American people.
“If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything,” is the phrase that comes to mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picnic
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
downnout 10/8/2023 8:32:35 AM (No. 1572113)
The law school should increase the homework load for their snowflakes. Too much time on their hands.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 10/8/2023 8:33:12 AM (No. 1572115)
There was a movie in the 1950s called 'Picnic'. Don't remember any lynchings in the storyline. But Kim Novak looked gorgeous on screen - too bad it's probably a banned film by now.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Venturer 10/8/2023 8:43:58 AM (No. 1572124)
These are supposedly intelligent people.
Key on the word SUPPOSEDLY. They prove themselves to be childishly ignorant and stupid at every opportunity.
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I didn't like the idea of bullies back in the day, but the bullies have now become the "yearning to be offended" crowd. They come in all shapes and colors and ideologies. But they are all bullies, and our society has become a bunch of pansies to let them do it.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Kate318 10/8/2023 9:33:43 AM (No. 1572187)
Madness. Sheer madness.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
chumley 10/8/2023 9:36:53 AM (No. 1572190)
I'll have to study up to see which words to use more often than I normally would. As it is I'm thinking about getting a dog so I can name it Enward.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 10/8/2023 9:43:20 AM (No. 1572204)
Isn't 'potluck' where they boil a missionary and you get what comes to the top?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Hazymac 10/8/2023 9:44:58 AM (No. 1572206)
Put these people on a boat and ship them up to Bear Mountain for a picnic.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 10/8/2023 10:58:28 AM (No. 1572266)
Based on how little most people are being educated, I seriously doubt most people had no clue (or cared any longer) any of these words/phrases had any negative connotations.
Remember the picture of two little children, one white, one black, holding hands or hugging, and the comment, "hate is something that is taught"?
Well, it seems many are teaching people how to hate things, or react to things, they never even imagined they were supposed to.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
pensom2 10/8/2023 11:15:22 AM (No. 1572274)
#7 asks, "Why in the world would anyone hire a lawyer so stupid that they attended UNLV Law School?"
Why in the world would you suppose that UNLV's lame behavior in this instance would not be found at any other law school? This is nearly universal among academic institutions in our country, whose law schools are virtually all populated with leftists.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Talk2 10/8/2023 11:33:44 AM (No. 1572289)
One of the tenants of communism is to change the meaning of words in the language.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
DVC 10/8/2023 12:12:26 PM (No. 1572322)
People who think like this should be immediately fired as fools. There is absolutely nothing bad about picnic or brown bag, regardless of what these deranged lunatics say.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
cold porridge 10/8/2023 12:17:02 PM (No. 1572326)
The word "idiot" is frowned on also as is the word "retarded." I however, will still use these words to describe the college professors or students that think they need to ban the use of word picnic because they made up a false claim of it's origin.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Strike3 10/8/2023 12:29:31 PM (No. 1572342)
Chances are that black physics majors go apoplectic over the term "Black Holes." Oh, wait...
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
cor-vet 10/8/2023 12:38:51 PM (No. 1572346)
I believe the word 'lawyer' is racist, do to its racist beginnings when lawyer used to campaign against blacks and began the democrat parti!
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
czechlist 10/8/2023 2:13:49 PM (No. 1572385)
#23 A few weeks ago I was chastised by a young lady for calling our current resident a tard. She said it was an offensive term to the mentally challenged. I told her I didn't mean retard, but bas tard
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
snakeoil 10/8/2023 2:55:01 PM (No. 1572395)
Decades ago there was a term used in engineering known as a "black box." Well "black" became offensive and "box" became offensive. And the two together was offensive out the kazoo. So, I started using the term "opaque enclosure." Astronomers had a similar problem with "black hole." A few decades later astronomers couldn't figure out what was going on in the universe so they used the terms "dark matter" and "dark energy." I hate all of this stuff. One of my favorite sifi movies "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" will have to be renamed. But unless Hillary invades my house I won't have to worry about it.
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