It’s an amazing book, but I don’t think that the comparison here works. There’s a difference in a powerful power structure that’s using language to manipulate a population (people have a lot to say about the newspeak and 2+2=5, but can’t see the forest for the trees) and a person on a web forums choosing not say fuck. Let the person choose how they want to communicate. The only one here forcing their rules are the ones who are saying they SHOULD say fuck rather than f*ck
NotSafeForWorld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
It’s an amazing book, but I don’t think that the comparison here works. There’s a difference in a powerful power structure that’s using language to manipulate a population (people have a lot to say about the newspeak and 2+2=5, but can’t see the forest for the trees) and a person on a web forums choosing not say fuck. Let the person choose how they want to communicate. The only one here forcing their rules are the ones who are saying they SHOULD say fuck rather than f*ck