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by dlo83 4115 days ago
Banning language is doubleplus ungood.
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Well, in many cases banning language or words is considered quite the right thing to do. Different ends of the political spectrum just want to do away with different words or phrases.

Just consider how embarrassed Benedict Cumberbatch was when he accidentally used two words in wrong order ("colored people" is insulting, "people of color" is okay).

I get this reference! Just finished 1984 a few weeks ago!