
Joyce Carol Oates mocks Brandeis students' 'oppressive' word bans, including 'picnic' and 'you guys'
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Add award-winning novelist Joyce Carol Oates to list of those who've had enough of cancel culture.
"What is strange is that while the word ‘picnic’ is suggested for censorship, because it evokes, in some persons, lynchings of Black persons in the US, the word ‘lynching’ is not itself censored," the author of "A Garden of Earthly Delights" tweeted Thursday. After the list went viral, "picnic" appeared to have been removed from the list, but the phrase, "Everything going on right now," remained, as the list makers claimed speakers should be specific about what they mean. "Being vague about important issues risks miscommunication and can also avoid accountability," the list said.More Related News