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I had a post removed today for using the word "spook" in reference to government agents, a common usage that I see around the site, because it is a racial slur, although ive never seen it used with that intent (not that it matters), and it only gets removed maybe 10% of the time. In order to be consistent and not offend any comrades I would propose adding it to the word filter so its removal will be uniform and not open to mod interpretation.

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[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

I think the only time i've heard it used as a racial slur was in american history x. Honestly, i don't think we should start declaring random words to be slurs just because they were used this way at some point

[-] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Accurate pfp. Maybe I'm in the vast minority but I have heard it used as a slur IRL.

declaring random words to be slurs just because they were used this way at some point

Idk if I have any strong feelings about it getting filtered but that's a bad take

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