The 199 Things You Can’t Say in the Trump Administration
It’s no surprise that the president deleted “climate change” from government websites. But why forbid “advocate” and “institutional”?
by Timothy Noah
In 1972, the comedian George Carlin identified seven words you couldn’t say on television. These were: “shit,” “piss,” “fuck,” “cunt,” “cocksucker,” “motherfucker,” and “tits.” Last Friday The New York Times identified 199 words and phrases you can’t say in the Trump administration (197 in today’s print edition…
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