Posted on 06/30/2022 12:54:03 PM PDT by 11th_VA
The National Archives Records Administration has placed a "harmful language alert" on records in the website's catalog, including the nation's founding documents.
The NARA statement warns readers that the documents they are reading may "contain harmful language that reflects attitudes and biases of their time." Warnings of graphic and violent content in historical documents are also given.
"NARA’s records span the history of the United States, and it is our charge to preserve and make available these historical records," NARA states in its alert. "As a result, some of the materials presented here may reflect outdated, biased, offensive, and possibly violent views and opinions."
Congress established NARA in 1934 to preserve historical documents and the records of the U.S. government. Important documents that are under NARA's protection include the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence, among others.
After website visitors began to notice the warnings, one Twitter user asked NARA for clarification via Twitter.
NARA replied by clarifying that the warning was not meant to demarcate any particular document in the catalog and that it was a blanket warning for all records kept by the office.
"This alert is not connected to any specific records, but appears at the top of the page while you are using the online Catalog," NARA wrote on Twitter.
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Well, I visited there earlier in the month. Glad I was not affected by the language I read, lol.
This warning is not necessary to prevent liberals from reading the “offensive” United States Constitution.
They have not been reading it for decades anyway.
“reflects attitudes and biases of their time”
Does that include attitudes and biases of OUR time?
Some day people will look back and think “the 2020’s were a bigoted and brutal time”.
What a bunch of crybabies. No wonder our country is declining.
I guess this is why they don’t teach history anymore. All those “outdated, biased, offensive, and possibly violent views and opinions”. The only thing the snowflakes need to know is “white man bad, dark man better, queer man best”.
We must continue to stupify the American populace and treat them as infants.
Everybody knows that the Constitution’s “3/5th of a person” is a trigger phrase...
After this, I’m going to be offended by the term National Archives.
If they have time and taxpayer dollars to do this, they have too many employees and too many taxpayer dollars.
-PJ
What a crock of feces! (Am I allowed to say that?)
You are really on thin ice there. Slaves churned butter and put it into crocks. I’m triggered by your use of “crock” like that. In fact, I may have to mash the “Abuse” button.
So many bureaucrats, so few lamp posts. We’ll need wood chippers to take up the slack.
The White House isn’t the only place needing fumigation.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The racism just jumps out at you. This cannot be allowed to stand.
The “Penumbra” expands yet again.
National Archives, Supercilious Bashibazooks! Defenestration is too good for them!
I wonder how they will censor: President Biden “from his Mother’s womb untimely ripped?”
“Despair thy charm, And let the angel whom thou still hast served Tell thee, Biden was from his mother’s womb Untimely ripped. “
Well you have to admit. Biden is in geriatric bastardy delecto.
“Harmful” language? A punch in the nose is harmful. A disease is harmful. Language, harmful?
Do they mean, like, hate speech? There is NO SUCH THING!
Only FREE speech. Mere words can not be “harmful”. You may not like them. You may not like hearing them (cause they are true).
Calling someone “fat” isn’t harmful. Do you think they didn’t KNOW they were fat? It may not be NICE, but people are mostly NOT NICE.
STOP worrying about offending people. Before long so many things will be verboten, that we will no longer be allowed to speak!
Nip this thing in the bud now.
Can we say “nip”, or is that a sexual connotation that might offend someone.
Can we say “bud”, or is it a reference to Budweiser that might offend a recovering alcoholic?
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