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You can call it self-censorship if you want, I call it defending dignity. Mastering yourself is a virtue, not a vice.
by brink 3y ago
You can call it self-censorship if you want, I call it defending dignity. Mastering yourself is a virtue, not a vice.
- gambiting 3y agoNo one is mastering anything by censoring themselves - and that's exactly what it is, you still used the word just replaced some letters with dashes. I'd honestly understand if someone said "I wish articles wouldn't use profanities in their titles" - then yes, I'm 100% onboard. But using the profanity, just with dashes instead of letters? It's performative, not dignified.
- DFHippie 3y agoIt's the use-mention distinction. Discussing the word shit and its effect on discourse is different from using it and achieving those effects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinctio...
- brink 3y agoI think the primary discussion is more about using the word "enshittening" over a word like "degeneration" than adding dashes.