I'm starting to think some members of the Commonwealth have lost their collective minds with Canada in particular leading the way toward a WEF-approved neurosis.
From The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, November 29, 2021:
Historical, cultural context important for phrases like 'grandfathered in' and 'spirit animal'
Have you ever casually used the terms "spirit animal," "first-world problem," or "spooky"? It might be time to rethink your use of these phrases and remove them from your daily lingo.
CBC Ottawa compiled a small list of words, submitted by readers and some of our journalists who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour. We ran some of the words by anti-racism and language experts, who said some of these phrases can be hurtful to various groups of people for their historical and cultural context.
"Being an English speaker doesn't entail that you necessarily know the racist etymology automatically," said Ai Taniguchi, a linguist and an associate language studies professor with University of Toronto Mississauga, in an email to CBC.
Etymology is the study of the origins of words and the way their meanings change over time.
"The fact that you said it, oblivious to the etymology, doesn't automatically make you a bad person."....
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Bateson's Double Bind Theory of schizophrenia mated with Seligman's theory of Learned Helplessness and brought forth - Canada.
