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"Ladies and gentlemen" is now politically incorrect.

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  • 13-07-2017 2:41pm
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    The "ladies and gentlemen" greeting on Tube announcements is to be scrapped, Transport for London (TfL) has announced.
    London Underground staff have been told to say "hello everyone" in an effort to become more gender-neutral.
    TfL said the move was to ensure all passengers felt "welcome".
    LGBT campaign group Stonewall welcomed the decision, which was supported by London mayor Sadiq Khan at a session of Mayor's Question Time last month.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-40591750
    Stonewall said: "Language is extremely important to the lesbian, gay, bi and trans community, and the way we use it can help ensure all people feel included.
    "We welcome gender neutral announcements to be rolled out across TfL as it will ensure that everyone - no matter who they identify as - feels accounted for."


    Apparently this is 'progress'. Is it really such a big deal to address people as 'ladies and gentlemen'?

    It remains to be seen if the album by the late, great, gay icon George Michael will now be purged from history in case anyone might not feel 'included'.

    I say we go all out and add it to the list of hate crimes. We've already gone full retard anyway, we might as bring the whole temple down.

    Edit: Nevermind, there's already a thread on this. MODS, merge please/delete.


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