• Klear@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    Worth pointing out that for the rest of the world this is often hard to navigate. Americans have a reputation for excessive self-censorship based on pearl-clutching, with “the F word” or “p*rn” or censoring nipples.

    So sometimes actual strongly hateful or dehumanising language gets dismissed as another example of oversensitity.

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      Americans have a reputation for excessive self-censorship based on pearl-clutching

      And then they’ll upvote “jokes” like “fr*nch “people” 🤮” without batting an eye…

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      12 hours ago

      Just to clarify, I didn’t think OP was being insensitive. My question was genuine, and I didn’t think they knew. And yes, there is a lot of unnecessary censorship in the US. You can’t say fuck on TV or the radio. I was listening to a station from New Zealand and that made me realize we’re the only Country that does that. Censoring nipples is fucking stupid too. I really don’t censor myself. I’m told I’m a very outspoken person. The only words I won’t say are slurs because I believe they are actually harmful and disrespectful.