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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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They're just sounds. I could call an amazonian tribesperson a cunt and they would be confused rather than offended. I've never understood how the words themselves can be problematic. I mean, sure, they can be used in ways that are rude, impolite,, derogatory, dismissive, abusive, but this is all in the context of how, where, when, why and who. Blanking a letter out of a newspaper article for example "to which the defendant replied "F*ck off" is comical, because we all say fuck when we read it, removing the 'a' hasn't changed it's meaning in the slightest and yet somehow that's seen as removing the swear? Nope... Judge people on their intention *and* their vocabulary, but don't blame the words for existing... |
