Anonymous #2 5w

both! but its very problematic in real life for obvious reasons. censoring words online takes away from their power and meaning, and obscures the message. it is not helpful to the victims or their family. censorship is horrible all the way around.

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Anonymous #1 5w

someone had to say it✋

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Anonymous OP 5w

Well I mean some people censor online bc platforms like TikTok and YouTube sometimes take videos down when they have words like that

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Anonymous #3 5w

great argument! this is my stance on that: at that point, stop posting. why are we letting them push us into censoring our content? we are actively giving them that power. many, many things get plenty of traction online without censoring "shit," "blood," "tits," "suicide," etc. we aren't pokemon; they cant catch us all.

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Anonymous OP 5w

The problem then becomes that we wouldn’t talk about those topics online if they either get taken down or aren’t posted to avoid having to censor, and not talking about it is (I would argue) even more harmful to survivors

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Anonymous gralute 5w

You're very right. the root of the problem is these platforms and censorship—not necessarily us censoring; im frustrated with it for reasons already mentioned and I believe we really shouldn't be giving in. some people seem to care more about saving their platform than spreading awareness with excessive censoring. in the end, it just really should NOT be used irl. thats plain dumb

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Anonymous #3 5w

Generally the censorship part is large creators get demonetized or suppressed. It’s an issue when it moves into comment sections and posts from non-creators where the risk is minimal to non-existent and then when it moves into online spaces that don’t censor like that or irl. That argument is valid for large creators who make a living off their work but it’s used to justify using the censored words for way too many people

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Anonymous OP 5w

to be fair censoring words does help spread the message; once its censored the spread dies. and i really doubt the people censoring their words care more abt their platform; obv they made said platform for awareness. but overall censorship is so dumb bc i should be able to say “killed” or “rape” without my comment being taken down 🙄

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Anonymous OP 5w

also irl censorship is so funny to me bc it screams chronically online and performative. just yuck 🥀

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Anonymous #9 5w

yes that's such a vile word 🙏

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Anonymous #10 5w

yeah thats my other take on it. people are actually too sensitive. so i just said shit, what of it?? ofc not in front of kids but youre 40 please act like it 😭

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Anonymous #2 5w

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Anonymous browncow47 5w

It is to avoid the post being taken down or banned. This is rage bait.

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Anonymous #16 5w

5 years after my suicide attempt and I still cannot get over the guilt. when the day rolls around, the topic is brought up, even that brand of medication, I freak. the only way i can grow and be comfortable with it is if im exposed and I find euphemisms for it to be insensitive—but not everyone is the same on this. although, exposure therapy is real and helps some cases

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Anonymous OP 5w

You are calling re-traumatization exposure therapy. Think of it this way, the more you pick at a wound, the slower it heals. And if you don’t let a wound scab, it scars. Being in an environment that constantly mentions your triggers when you’re not at a point where you are ready prolongs the healing process and isn’t healthy for you to be exposed to. Healing should be at one’s own pace and censoring words is a practice of courtesy to others.

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Anonymous OP 5w

If someone wants to practice exposure therapy, they can go find it and be exposed through movies, media, books etc. If you chose to be compassionate, insensitivity should not be your default, safety should be your default. The only way to protect everyone is to protect the most vulnerable. And the most vulnerable require censorship.

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Anonymous OP 5w

you would rather people stop posting online if that means censoring their words rather than promoting conversations and awareness around certain topics??

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Anonymous OP 5w

while i definitely agree i also think that using censored words is used just to keep from posts getting taken down completely

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Anonymous #9 5w

reading this on my lunch break at my j*b

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Anonymous OP 5w

I think they might have been saying shot. I often see “shot” censored as sh*t or worse sh@t. And it looks more like shit than shot. I read it as shit first.

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Anonymous #2 5w

Not a huge difference bro

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Anonymous #24 5w

right, that’s counterproductive 😭😭

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