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  1.  
  2.  
  3.             New Official Politically Correct Terms for 1991. 
  4.  
  5.                            *You Must Comply*
  6.  
  7.  
  8.      old                        new
  9. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  10. conservative                    reactionary
  11. The Establishment               White Power Elite
  12. hearing person                  temporarily aurally abled
  13. sighted person                  temporarily visually abled
  14. blind                           visually challenged
  15. mute                            vocally challenged
  16. dead                            metabolically different
  17. alive                           temporarily metabolically abled
  18. ugly                            aesthetically challenged
  19. rude                            politically correct (tm)
  20. psychopath                      socially misaligned
  21. bald                            follicularly challenged
  22. non-white, non-male             oppressed
  23. white                           melanin impoverished/genetically oppressive
  24. white male                      oppressor
  25. black                           african-american
  26. asian                           asian-american
  27. afro-american                   african-american
  28.  
  29. pregnancy                       parasitic oppression
  30.  
  31. janitor                         sanitation engineer
  32. dish washer                     utensil sanitizer
  33.  
  34. dairy                           where cows are raped
  35. ranch                           where cattle are murdered
  36. egg ranch                       where hens are raped
  37.  
  38. biology department              where animals are tortured and then murdered
  39.                                 to fulfill the sadistic fantasies of white
  40.                                 male scientist lakeys of the imperialistic
  41.                                 drug companies
  42.  
  43. fishing                         raping the oceans
  44. farming                         exploiting mother earth
  45.  
  46. paper bag                       processed tree carcass
  47.  
  48. Many of the labels from the 80's are now passe.  Here is a partial 
  49. list of the denotations that are now acceptable (all labels are subject 
  50. to change without notice). 
  51.  
  52. old                 80's                        90's
  53. ---                 ----                        ----
  54. deaf               hearing impaired             aurally challenged
  55. blind              sight impaired               visually challenged
  56. retarded           mentally handicapped         mentally challenged
  57. queer              gay/homosexual               queer [strange but true]
  58. fat                big boned                    alternative body image
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