12-19-2019, 12:31 PM
I have to side with Don here, this will result in censoring, if not directly, then at least indirectly. If I know, somebody might limit the way I can talk to them, I would cease talking to them. Strong language can be expressive, and I think that is a good thing. Filtering things does not stop them from existing, so no problem is solved doing this.
I know this argument is used a lot as a vehicle to mask outright racist and absolutely dehumanizing expressions as "not poltitically correct" in political discussion in these times, but I do not think ramping up censorship and filtering is the correct response to this at all. If language hurt you, you should talk with the person doing it, and if they don't respond, knowing the Mods here, there will be somebody helping you eventually. At the same time, some slurs have evolved into being very much part of daily conversation, and people should be allowed to express anger(y)/surprise/sadness with the words that everyone uses for them.
I know that an optional filter does not prohibit you doing this directly. But as the possibility now exists that they do not reach the intended recipient, it is in the end very much the same thing.
In my honest opinion, Filtering/Censoring should not be the response to insulting language. A problem should be faced, not ran away from. For fucks sake.
I know this argument is used a lot as a vehicle to mask outright racist and absolutely dehumanizing expressions as "not poltitically correct" in political discussion in these times, but I do not think ramping up censorship and filtering is the correct response to this at all. If language hurt you, you should talk with the person doing it, and if they don't respond, knowing the Mods here, there will be somebody helping you eventually. At the same time, some slurs have evolved into being very much part of daily conversation, and people should be allowed to express anger(y)/surprise/sadness with the words that everyone uses for them.
I know that an optional filter does not prohibit you doing this directly. But as the possibility now exists that they do not reach the intended recipient, it is in the end very much the same thing.
In my honest opinion, Filtering/Censoring should not be the response to insulting language. A problem should be faced, not ran away from. For fucks sake.