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doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works âš5â© âšdaysâ© agoDepending on the circumstance, I completely agree. There are certainly many cases where censoring yourself is giving away your power and freedom of expression.
However, itâs 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 Iâm 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 âhigher authorityâ of the crowd. Which as you already mentioned, f*%king sucks actually.
Hoimo@ani.social âš5â© âšdaysâ© ago
If you donât want to swear, donât swear. Mildly censoring a swear word to âf*ckâ doesnât accomplish anything. Everyone who reads it knows exactly what it says. And if you go far enough to make it unrecognizable, like â!@#*â, now youâre just pretending to swear, but for what purpose? Couldnât 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.)
doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works âš5â© âšdaysâ© ago
What if I donât ânot want to swearâ, what if I want to used self-censored curse words? Should I sacrifice my freedom of speech to appease others?
Hoimo@ani.social âš5â© âšdaysâ© ago
What is your point? You donât want to swear, but you donât not want to swear either? Maybe sort out your beliefs then.
doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works âš5â© âšdaysâ© ago
Iâve 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 Iâve said a few times, that I find it funny how censorship has gone from âpoliteâ to âoffensiveâ.