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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.

[–] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don't think "glowie" has ever had racial intent, but some of it's earliest usages were "glowie-Nword". Usage has definitely spread beyond fascists and people trying to talk like them, though.

[–] popcornlung@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The word spook was only racist for a very short period of history, I mean it’s still racist but it’s very archaic. Most people don’t know what it means, it’s best we censor it though.

[–] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, its unambiguously a slur in certain usages, might as well.

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