• null@slrpnk.net
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    6 months ago

    I mean, I can think of plenty of slurs with innocuous origins. It’s about how they’re used.

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      6 months ago

      I’m tempted to start a community about the country between Chad and Mali… A nice wholesome community… I’m completely unqualified and know nothing about it but the amount of removed words would be amusing…

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        6 months ago

        No, it’s automatic based on a filter list. I wonder if it accounts for other languages though.

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        6 months ago

        Haven’t read their policy – simply saying origin is a useless way to determine whether or not something is a slur.

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      6 months ago

      The newest example being “DEI”

      I’m sorry have y’all not seen racists using that as a slur lately? Saw a dude refer to Baltimore’s “DEI mayor” the other day