Why is this phrase blocked?!
There was a REALLY toxic fuse on my team, I got called the f word (the slur, not the swear) I replied with “Why do u hate gays??” And it came out as “why do you hate ******” gay is not a swear word,...
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@EdwardDLuffy @PeterN_UK
I appreciate the responses 🙂 they have great advice, and speak truths, but unfortunately that was not quite my point. They’ve blocked the word gay. I’m not a fan of them doing so, last I checked they haven’t blocked straight, or any of the others. All words can be used to belittle and marginalize, but we don’t block them all, becase without more words around it, they mean nothing bad. Only words that are bad in and out of a sentence should be banned, but gay is not one of those.
Forgiveness of course, but never forget.
I appreciate the responses 🙂 they have great advice, and speak truths, but unfortunately that was not quite my point. They’ve blocked the word gay. I’m not a fan of them doing so, last I checked they haven’t blocked straight, or any of the others. All words can be used to belittle and marginalize, but we don’t block them all, becase without more words around it, they mean nothing bad. Only words that are bad in and out of a sentence should be banned, but gay is not one of those.
Forgiveness of course, but never forget.
@BigMacAttack8u I understand what you are saying. Words have various meanings from culture to culture. Bloody and Randy are considered as "bad language" in the UK. English has it's roots in the German language and to use bird as a verb is like dropping the F - bomb and never ask for your "morning latte" unless you are in Starbucks.
Ages ago, my wife and I was called into the school about my youngest son's rude offensive behavior. My wife and I sat through a lecture from his teacher telling us he said "Hell" in class. My wife calmly asked what context he used the word. The teacher replied, "Why does that matter?".
She explained, Hell is all too often a real place on the maps. You can go to Hell, Michigan for example. Then there is the Dante's Inferno or the Biblical Hell. She continued to educate the teacher on language and I remember sitting very quiet listening while my eyes started tearing up from holding back the laughter.
Later that day my wife politely asked our son to refrain from telling people to go to Hell at school. Of course she continued to cuss like a sailor around the house. I really do miss that woman.
"Words, words, words.", replies Hamlet.
Ages ago, my wife and I was called into the school about my youngest son's rude offensive behavior. My wife and I sat through a lecture from his teacher telling us he said "Hell" in class. My wife calmly asked what context he used the word. The teacher replied, "Why does that matter?".
She explained, Hell is all too often a real place on the maps. You can go to Hell, Michigan for example. Then there is the Dante's Inferno or the Biblical Hell. She continued to educate the teacher on language and I remember sitting very quiet listening while my eyes started tearing up from holding back the laughter.
Later that day my wife politely asked our son to refrain from telling people to go to Hell at school. Of course she continued to cuss like a sailor around the house. I really do miss that woman.
"Words, words, words.", replies Hamlet.
