> For those who want to offend, it's easy to substitute a different word. Words by themselves aren't even the offensive part most of the time, it's the signal

> For those who want to offend, it's easy to substitute a different word. Words by themselves aren't even the offensive part most of the time, it's the signal of intention that someone wants to offend you, that actually upsets us. Friends call each other "bad" words all the time. Even online you can say all sorts of things in certain contexts without offending anyone. Meanwhile someone can convey their intent to upset you by just typing a "lol" But apparently it's easier to just ban words than teaching people to not be dicks.