this is impacting scientific research to the point that people are scrubbing the word "gender" from their papers to avoid their research programs getting flagged by the doge gestapo
Given that it took about two centuries for the public to accept the heliocentric model, some patience may be needed. A great number of people only learn about gender through undergraduate education. And, iirc, only 25% of the population have undergraduate degrees.
That "essentially" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
Please point me to a specific Executive Order issued during Biden's administration that resulted in "forced speech."
On the other hand, the current administration has issued Executive Orders, memoranda, and other official communications that very explicitly direct government agencies to engage in censorship, with the National Science Foundation going as far as to compile a list of sensitive words, flagging any materials including words such as "woman", "female", "disability", and "LGBT."
This is just as unhelpful than the comment you responded to. Without any context, or links or sources for either side, it's just adding uncertainty and doubt.
I'm an outside observer, and I want to to believe your side, but I can't any more than I can believe the comment you responded to. Regardless, nobody wants the discussion to descend into unsubstantiated "you're lying" ... "no _you're_ lying".
