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ProllyInfamous|4 days ago

You should implement an option (e.g. [checkbox] "Urban Dictionary Entries") that doesn't censor these words. Understandable that the default criteria doesn't include this, but language construction shouldn't be removed of offendables).

Just as an example: some people find the word "jerry-rigged" to be racist, as it previously replaced "nig___-rigged". Same with "rule of thumb" (due to origins in caning people). There could be no Huckleberry Finn written in a world without pottylanguage.

Who defines the boundaries of acceptable language? I'm not advocating for ebonics classes, but a language's entire purpose is to be useful, to convey information (including hatred).