Timeline for Should we relax our policy on profanity (e.g., when quoted or used in an anecdote)?
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| Dec 21, 2020 at 14:47 | comment | added | E.P. | It will (should) be extremely rare that racial slurs (and other words covered by this answer) be 'needed to facilitate quotes or discuss language', and I agree that it's more than reasonable to heighten the scrutiny when words in this class are involved, but a blanket ban without any flexibility sounds liable to undesired effects. | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 14:44 | comment | added | E.P. | I don't understand this answer. As a hypothetical, suppose that a new user, a BAME undergraduate from the UK, posted a question regarding how to deal with the use of a racial slur by a lecturer, and included a textual quote that turned out to be essential to the discussion; the blanket ban as worded here would have a detrimental impact on this user's ability to get help from this site. (cont.) | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 13:56 | comment | added | DavidH | Then I think we are in agreement; I guess this post just clarifies that certain language can constitute an "attack" in pretty much any context. I agree that, at least as far as I'm aware, the word "fuck" in your example does not risk serious harm to any group of people. | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 13:32 | comment | added | WoJ | I completely agree with the fact that ad-hominem attacks (and related terms) are not acceptable. My problem arose from the fact that "fuck" was edited out of a quote, where it was not only the artistic expression of a desperate dev, but also funny and not insulting for anyone. It is just a word which some population will faint on when it reaches their adult ears, and others just go on with their life. BTW I suggested in my answer of the initial question to change it if it bothers OP (and asking such a question means that it bothers them, which is enough to change even for selfish reasons) | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 12:15 | history | answered | DavidH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |