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In reply to the discussion: “Political correctness”: decoding a vicious, pernicious code word [View all]redqueen
(115,103 posts)People posting here may think they're kindred spirits with Lenny Bruce or George Carlin, but nobody signed up here to see their act. This is a progressive board, not a comedy club stage. Not someone's living room. Not a bar. When entertainers are on stage they have license to break social mores. The audience expects this and it is in a context which enables people to opt in rather than have to tolerate shit they shouldn't have to. Similarly when we're at home or around friends we can expect to behave in a more relaxed manner wherein the people present pretty much all know each others' sensibilities and are less likely to encounter rudeness of a level that they're not comfortable with.
On this board we have a lot of freedom. We can curse as much as we like. We can post NSFW stuff and link to it too (though the expectation that it be labeled as such seems to have been lost somewhere along the way). The expectation that we not tolerate bigoted language isn't asking a whole hell or a lot. It's not some huge burden. Its certainly not an assault on freedom much less anything to do with "freedom of speech" or "censorship".
Oops went off on a rant there...