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Also there are genuine reasons to want to be able to type out slurs that aren't racist. I have an interest in linguistics (complete with degree - so I'm not ju
by Mezzie 4y ago
Also there are genuine reasons to want to be able to type out slurs that aren't racist.
I have an interest in linguistics (complete with degree - so I'm not just saying that to be racist), and discussing something like 'how the use of ethnic slurs has changed over time in English speaking countries' or how the euphemism treadmill functions with regard to insults would be impossible with this filter in place. Similar as to how a hard coded 'no swears' would make it hard to discuss English infixes since the most obvious infix is 'fuck'.
Which is the exact kind of niche, pedantic, really nerdy small group discussion that is a good match for this.