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Why are people censoring "bad" words?
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this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2023
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Because swearing is a natural part of the human experience and most level headed people don’t feel the need to suppress human expression.
Swearing serves an important biological need to express emotion and communicate. Psychologically, we swear to express strong emotions and when people swear, they are inherently viewed as more trustworthy or honest. Swearing helps people bond.
I'm not confused, misogo is so rampant that people don't even consider them to be slurs, kind of like what used to happen to ableist slurs.
I'm willing to bet a good amount of people in this comment section used to use ableist slurs before they were told not to, because they treat slurs as "words I'm not allowed to say" rather than genuinely not wanting to hurt the groups that said slurs are targeting.