happybirthdaygonzolo [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoShould bitch be added to the word filter?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareShould bitch be added to the word filter?happybirthdaygonzolo [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehexaflexagonbear [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 year agoIt’s similar to queer, still can be an insult but it’s been sufficiently reclaimed that a blanket ban doesn’t make sense.
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoYeah, agreed. Huh. Funnily enough, at one point bastard would have been a slur, too, but the idea of being “born out of wedlock” has become so silly, at least in parts of the US and I presume other places, that folks don’t assign it any real power anymore.
It’s similar to queer, still can be an insult but it’s been sufficiently reclaimed that a blanket ban doesn’t make sense.
Yeah, agreed.
Huh. Funnily enough, at one point bastard would have been a slur, too, but the idea of being “born out of wedlock” has become so silly, at least in parts of the US and I presume other places, that folks don’t assign it any real power anymore.