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I mean, I can think of plenty of slurs with innocuous origins. It's about how they're used.
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...
I hope you have better luck than I did with my community about Scunthorpe
Dont know nothin' about Scunthorpe but I know about Cockthorpe, learned about it from a couple of hunters.
True, though "bitchin'" isn't used as a slur in this context, it's slang for "cool." Since like 1970 too, it isn't some "new rizz."
If we want to get technical, a slur is "A disparaging remark; an aspersion." So by the dictionary, any negative remark, especially one that is a false or damaging accusation or insinuation, is "a slur." Therefore "you are a silly goose" counts as a slur, as it can be contextually negative to be seen as silly, and it is false to insinuate that you are a water fowl.
We don't really treat the word "slur" in real life as it's definition would suggest, or to reign in my above joke a bit, words like "fuckface" or "dick" would commonly be considered a slur. Instead they're just considered negative remarks by the community at large, to be a "slur" in the eyes of the public (not the dictionary) it has to have something more than just "bad."
I posit that "bitch" is truly no different than those common "bad" words, and should not be considered a slur. Frankly, same for "cunt."
So do they consider the use or no?
No, it's automatic based on a filter list. I wonder if it accounts for other languages though.
je suis en retard
Any ml users want to let me know if it filtered? I set my language to French for that comment.
lmao
Haven't read their policy -- simply saying origin is a useless way to determine whether or not something is a slur.
Well yeah, which is why a blanket ban on "bitch" would be stupid
A blanket ban on any word won't do anything to fix the problem.
Originally they weren't even going to let admins turn it off.
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
I have not?