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I feel OK about it, for the most part. I can say "genocide is always wrong" and not get banned here.
Scientists working to end West Nile virus by eliminating mosquitos ability to reproduce.
Until you get specific
But ya can’t see the word bitch (or a bunch of other swears)
Oh no, not the tyranny of the regular expression filtering of a few bigoted words! This is fascism!
Bitch isn’t a bigoted word lawl
It's misogynistic, pretty clear cut bigotry.
Not if you’re calling something cool “bitchin’”!
I only see removed but this comment makes me think of female dogs
Yerp, that’s exactly correct hahaha
Other instances don’t remove words
Definitely an example of an over the top word removal, while I get it could be purposeful with some words
The root word is baked in misogyny, that doesn't change that dynamic.