A reminder to all you far left and far right nutjobs that think Joe Biden has done nothing significant in office
A reminder to all you far left and far right nutjobs that think Joe Biden has done nothing significant in office
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I'm actually thrilled with Biden, I think he did a better job than I thought he would and regret calling him No Go Joe
I'm hugely dissapointed. I wanted Obama-Era 2.0 and instead I have to watch the Palestinian Genocide. Old removed really got my hopes up, if the election outcomes weren't so grim I'd hope he got primaried.
I just noticed a word got censored so now I'm going to test a bunch, sorry for taking up space in the thread
removed
Fag
Dick
Ass
Asshole
Cunt
Cunnilingus
Bitch
Bitchass
Honky
Motherfucker
Fuck
Retard
Homo
Moron
Nimrod
Vulva
Porn
Slut
Cum
Gollywog
Shit
Can anybody else think of more words to add to this? Keep racial slurs out of it, though, just nasty stuff we can all relate to.
so... what is the word that got removed?
The word is removed
Keep racial slurs out of it
Gollywog!?
TBH I realize it's not a good symbol to keep around in any context, but it's still about as innocent (comes with comparatively low animosity) as the word that got removed so I felt like I had to know.
Wow, all of that and it's only removed that gets censored on my instance. Fascinating shit, motherfuckers.
Why do you draw the line at racial slurs but sexuality based slurs are ok?
Long story short, it's the evolutionary cycle of slurs. Slurs over time so they lose their offensiveness and new ones come in their place. Decades ago "idiot", "devil" or "shit" were hugely offensive now we use them as normal words. Now we are at the point when sexuality-based slurs slowly lose their power and racial slurs take their place.
My guess is that it could be partially caused by social changes - younger generations are not forbidden (and sometimes even encouraged) to openly discuss sexuality so sexual words are not taboo for them anymore so they can't offend them anymore. But racism for them is a big and very serious issue so new slurs are related to that topic. I can imagine though that in the next century when racism is not an issue anymore, people might use n-word in jokes.
More importantly, though, Gender divides do not even approach the magnitude problems that arise from Racial and Ethnic divisions. While it's possible to take away one gender's rights and freedoms in subservience to the other, the two genders have and will always comprise one people that they both belong to, incapable of existing without the other at any large scale. On the other hand, racial divides can and have lead to a sort of segregation that divides peoples and historically they have attempted to eradicate each other on many occasions. Sure, a product of the past you might try to argue, but a wound that lingers and festers in a way that makes silly gender disputes look cute.
EDIT: Hang on, were they talking about LGBTQ slurs when they said "Sexuality Based"? I can see how being called a fag might upset somebody back in Vietnam, but I think most people actually use it as a term of endearment these days? It's at least no more insulting than Retard is.
Because the two divides are not remotely worth equating at all.