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solbloch | 3 years ago

Which probably isn't a good strategy to handle taboo topics long-term.

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jollyllama|3 years ago

It's the naive approach. The same approach that gets Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer banned even though they were very egalitarian for the time.

wtcactus|3 years ago

I'm substantially more worried about returning to a society with openly enforced taboos.

I thought we had left that in the past century, but I was clearly too optimistic.

nness|3 years ago

When did it stop...

BurningFrog|3 years ago

The trick is to not have taboo topics.

birracerveza|3 years ago

No, I'm sure if we ignore the problem long enough it will go away eventually.

contravariant|3 years ago

Sure it is, it's been successfully used to oppress people for ages.