Originally posted anonymously here (http://xmen-firstkink.livejournal.com/6192.html?thread=7841840#t7841840), reposting in the appropriate place by request of anon:
"dunno how to send a PM without an account, my bad. I'm wondering what the context of the word "retarded" was- in reference to a person, situation, inanimate object? A malicious slur against a person is one matter. The more casual use of "retarded" to merely mean "dumb" is unfortunate but unfortunately prevalent. Yes, it's ALWAYS better to use a less charged word. Yes, the poster should be called out by mods and other anons.
However, it's this intense linguistic policing of a *kink meme* that seems incongruous to me. The same place where you can see mention of rape, dubcon, and other extreme kinks is the place where you will be screened for dropping other careless, possibly hurtful words? I can see what the rational argument for delineating the creation of a hate speech-free space and a kinky space will be, but w/r/t this particular censoring it *feels* out of the spirit of things."
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Date: 2011-11-09 11:05 am (UTC)"dunno how to send a PM without an account, my bad. I'm wondering what the context of the word "retarded" was- in reference to a person, situation, inanimate object? A malicious slur against a person is one matter. The more casual use of "retarded" to merely mean "dumb" is unfortunate but unfortunately prevalent. Yes, it's ALWAYS better to use a less charged word. Yes, the poster should be called out by mods and other anons.
However, it's this intense linguistic policing of a *kink meme* that seems incongruous to me. The same place where you can see mention of rape, dubcon, and other extreme kinks is the place where you will be screened for dropping other careless, possibly hurtful words? I can see what the rational argument for delineating the creation of a hate speech-free space and a kinky space will be, but w/r/t this particular censoring it *feels* out of the spirit of things."