Wolfe and his fiancée, who witnessed the alleged assault, believe the attack was related to Wolfe being transgender, according to court documents.

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[–] 10 points 3 days ago (1 child)

I'd argue that it's NOT fine, since the only POSSIBLE way to automatically filter out specific words instance-wide IS context-less word matching.

With one or two obvious exceptions, no word is offensive regardless of context, and draconian censorship like that is classic authoritarian overreach that does no good and a hell of a lot of bad.

Tl;dr: algorithmically assuming the worst possible use of a word is a cunty thing to do.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Yeah.

    There was a hidden asterisk on my "that's fine and all".

    This comment carries no rebuttal to your point.

    I just have better things to do with my day than invite commentary from .ml, generally speaking.

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