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BBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move (www.leicester.news)

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Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

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[-] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago

this claim is only in any way excusable if youre not a native english speaker

you are describing "sexes"

sadly some languages (such as Polish) do not distinguish

on the other hand, if you are aware of this distinction and are making this claim despite that, this is a horrifying take

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