They're worse than swear words in the United states, triggering people on the right and the left. Just look at the down votes. 50 years ago they would be considered harmless.
What distinguishes these from profanity is that the use of the words or phrases themselves are not taboo; promoting the ideas they represent may upset people, but neutral uses of the phrases do not.
As other commenters note, words like "shit" and "fuck" used to be much more taboo than they are now, while certain slurs have recently gained taboo status to the point that many people in the comments are referencing them without actually typing them in their comments.
The examples are stupid or the concept? I think it's a great argument, people 200 years from now will be scratching their heads wondering what's going on
As other commenters note, words like "shit" and "fuck" used to be much more taboo than they are now, while certain slurs have recently gained taboo status to the point that many people in the comments are referencing them without actually typing them in their comments.