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doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Depending on the circumstance, I completely agree. There are certainly many cases where censoring yourself is giving away your power and freedom of expression.

However, it’s not disingenuous to say that if I want to censor myself, for any reason, on the internet I will likely be shamed by folks who want to assert their values over mine. And in such I am once again giving away my power to the people who want to dictate what I do with my life.

Perhaps I want to do it because I find it funny. Or perhaps I want to do it because I’m trying to emulate a classic comic book speech style, which often had to use censorship because they were being controlled, but now has become a recognizable convention. Or perhaps I want to do it simply to assert my right to speak how I choose, as I already mentioned, despite the “higher authority” of the crowd. Which as you already mentioned, f*%king sucks actually.

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Hoimo@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
If you don’t want to swear, don’t swear. Mildly censoring a swear word to “f*ck” doesn’t accomplish anything. Everyone who reads it knows exactly what it says. And if you go far enough to make it unrecognizable, like “!@#*”, now you’re just pretending to swear, but for what purpose? Couldn’t you accomplish your goals by rephrasing to avoid a swear word entirely? (Assuming your goal is to avoid swear words, of course. If the goal is to sound like a cartoon character, consider taking up a funny catch phrase.)

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- doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  What if I don’t “not want to swear”, what if I want to used self-censored curse words? Should I sacrifice my freedom of speech to appease others?
  
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  - Hoimo@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    What is your point? You don’t want to swear, but you don’t not want to swear either? Maybe sort out your beliefs then.
    
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    doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I’ve got my beliefs sorted, I want to be able to express myself however I choose. Including using censored curse words if I so choose.
    
    And my point is, as I’ve said a few times, that I find it funny how censorship has gone from “polite” to “offensive”.
    
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