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Add "spook" to the word filter (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago by Assian_Candor@hexbear.net to c/hexbear@hexbear.net

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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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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 39 points 5 months ago (24 children)

I have never heard either spook or glowie used with any racial intent, literally ever. I know that's totally anecdotal so can anyone help me with examples of where it gets used that way?

I will need to be able to explain it to libs at some point and if I can't understand it myself I can't explain it to libs.

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 25 points 5 months ago (5 children)

glowie is absolutely, unambiguously racist. maybe some people use it without racist intent because they don't know where it came from, but it was coined only recently because 4channers thought a mentally ill guy's racist delusions were really funny.

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