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Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

If you are that worked up about words you must lead a pretty good life.

I do, as I’m assuming all of us here mostly do, as we have access to electricity, computers, and the internet. I’m not worked up about it though. I’m trying to explain how something used in the past doesn’t justify it being used in the present. I’m also trying to get you to empathize with other people. You’re upset and don’t like being upset. Great. Now apply that to the words you’re using. See how they could upset others, and how others probably don’t like being upset either.

I think I have used the Internet for too long to get upset about getting slurs hurled at me online. People are much more vile when cloaked by the anonymity of their keyboard. It’s been like that since Usenet and BBSs. That’s human nature. You’re free to not interact.
But trying to police stuff you don’t like just because “is enforcing your beliefs”. Nobody will be harmed by edgy comments under a post about 4chan. Not everyone is out to get you and needs to be canceled.

I’m equally free to interact. You won’t be harmed by me informing you how others may not appreciate the way you speak. You are free to be racist online and spread hate speech. Probably no one is going to be able to stop you if that’s your desire. That would foster a bad community and may cause actual harm to people though, so we all recognize that it’s wrong. Now, when we recognize other marginalized people are also harmed by other language, we have two choices.

We can choose to improve ourselves, or we can blame society for not being like it used to be. Racists chose the latter and are looked down on. Hopefully we can all continue to choose the the former as we grow in life. Just because we used to do things one way doesn’t mean that was good, and having done bad things in the past doesn’t make us bad. It’s what we choose in the present that matters. Now, go forward in life and make your choices. I can’t choose for you.

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HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

That would foster a bad community and may cause actual harm to people though, so we all recognize that it’s wrong.

I guess we’ll have to disagree on that. Since no one would be forced to participate no one should be harmed.
I am sure as an enjoyer of c/greentext you can appreciate the comedic value of such an unmoderated cesspool.

When someone affected chimes in and actual harm is potentially caused I might reconsider my foul mouth. I am not going to censor myself proactively to goose step in line. Every word we give up to whoever “uses it wrong” gives them power. I am not going to do that.

Good talk. Thanks for taking the time.

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- Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  I am sure as an enjoyer of c/greentext you can appreciate the comedic value of such an unmoderated cesspool.
  
  As someone who used 4chan a very long time ago, I appreciate the comedic value in how much of a cesspit it is, not because the people there are valuable. I spent a while there seeing death threads (threads of video/images of people dying) and all kinds of other messed up things. Do I assume those things are good things for people to see though? Absolutely not.
  
  Every word we give up to whoever “uses it wrong” gives them power. I am not going to do that.
  
  First, we aren’t “losing” words because language changes. We gain many more instead.
  
  Second, who’s “them” that are gaining power. You seem to have an imaginary enemy you’re fighting. I can promise you you’ll lose because “they” aren’t real. No one is trying to control you. They’re only trying to keep you from harming other people. “They” also tell you not to assault people and you listen (I assume) despite it forcing you into a position you didn’t choose yourself. Being an asshole isn’t something to be proud of just because you’re sticking it to some made up enemy. You’re choosing to let a made up enemy control you instead by fighting against them instead of making choices for yourself.
  
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  - HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Are you hallucinating? What does anything you wrote have to do with what I said?
    
    Maybe you should de-radicalize yourself, or idk, meet normal people irl.
    
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    Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I quoted exactly what I was referring to from your comment…
    
    Also, you’re one to talk. How about trying to not use ad hominems to try to dismiss someone’s arguments just because you don’t want to listen. If you have an issue understanding something, you can ask. I didn’t say anything particularly complex though.
    
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