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Why are people censoring "bad" words? (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Whats the point of writing prn, f@ck, sht or anything like that instead of the actual words? You can still read them, its not like they are gone if you replace a letter or two.

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[–] moreeni@lemm.ee -4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

"Being polite and using inclusive language is authoritarian"

[–] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can be goddamn polite and still swear without automatically becoming a fucking asshole.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What you say can oftentimes be more important than the words you use to express the idea

Here's a great stand-up routine that highlights what I mean. Fair warning: there's some pretty NSFW language in it.

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[–] MrBubbles96@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

"There are no bad words, but there are several bad ways to express what you mean"

--Me (tho I'm sure someone way smarter than I has put out the same idea, but better worded, ironically enough)

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Although I totally get why lemmy.ml would want to do something like that, it's not "being polite...", it's "enforcing politeness..."

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml -5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If you gave "authoritarian" to an AI that determined what it meant through it use alone, it would think it means "Won't let me be a nazi"