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CDC gets list of forbidden words

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382 points js2 | 1 comments | 16 Dec 17 02:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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beebmam ◴[16 Dec 17 03:41 UTC] No.15937380[source]▶
Censoring the CDC, of all organizations. What a travesty. The entire world looks to the US CDC for guidelines.

Let's be clear: The political right in the US pretends to care about free speech until they get serious political power.

It wasn't too long ago that conservatives were strongly against the depiction of violence and sex in video games.

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evan_ ◴[16 Dec 17 04:31 UTC] No.15937686[source]▶
> Censoring the CDC, of all organizations.

This isn't the first time it's happened. The Dickey Amendment in 1996 forced the CDC to stop research on gun-related injuries because the NRA was upset.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickey_Amendment_(1996)

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beebmam ◴[16 Dec 17 04:37 UTC] No.15937708[source]▶
Wow. Holy cow. Why aren't doctors pushing back politically on this?
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1. djur ◴[16 Dec 17 07:05 UTC] No.15938260[source]▶
They are:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dickey-amendment-gun-vi...

The firearms industry wields a great deal of power in Washington through its lobbying and advocacy organization, the NRA.