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Re:Scunthorpe Sans, A font that censors bad language automat... by tsimionescu on Saturday July 02, 2022 @10:23AM (#31959226)
Censoring words is much more the right's obsession than the let's. You're right in the particular case of the n-word, and slurs in general, but the conservative right has been adamant in banning all use of swear-words in mass media for decades.
Re:Scunthorpe Sans, A font that censors bad language automat... by Swizec on Saturday July 02, 2022 @10:30AM (#31959283)
You are right and I think censoring swear words is even sillier.

Although it does lead to the particularly beautiful art of the British swear word. How they can turn any random noun into an insult is pure poetry. I wish American media did more of that.

Re:Scunthorpe Sans, A font that censors bad language automat... by UncleEntity on Saturday July 02, 2022 @10:55AM (#31959519)
I don’t think the conservative right gives a flying fuck about censoring swear words.

The religious right, on the other hand, cares a whole ducking lot.

Makes arguments easier if you lump both groups together though.

Re:Scunthorpe Sans, A font that censors bad language automat... by eesmith on Saturday July 02, 2022 @11:08AM (#31959654)
"MyPillow CEO’s free speech social network will ban posts that take the Lord’s name in vain" - “You don’t get to use the four swear words: the c-word, the n-word, the f-word, or God’s name in vain,” - https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/14/22383841/mike-lindell-soc...

"Parler CEO Says He'll Ban Users for Posting Bad Words, Dicks, Boobs, or Poop" - https://gizmodo.com/parler-ceo-says-hell-ban-users-for-posti...

Re:Scunthorpe Sans, A font that censors bad language automat... by vkou on Saturday July 02, 2022 @01:14PM (#31960732)
In 2022 America, those two groups are welded at the hip, and the latter are steering the boat, while the former smiles and nods. It's a distinction without a difference.
Re:Scunthorpe Sans, A font that censors bad language automat... by the_only_law on Saturday July 02, 2022 @12:34PM (#31960416)
> Makes arguments easier if you lump both groups together though.

Which is easy to do when the only two parties with any influence are massive conglomerates of many different groups and factions.

Re:Scunthorpe Sans, A font that censors bad language automat... by tsimionescu on Saturday July 02, 2022 @11:29AM (#31959853)
What non-religious conservative right is there, at least in the USA? Who would be an example of such a thing?

I do agree that the libertarian right does not care about this (say, Ron Paul).

Re:Scunthorpe Sans, A font that censors bad language automat... by UncleEntity on Saturday July 02, 2022 @11:44AM (#31959990)
There are plenty of people who are politically conservative but don’t have particularly strong religious beliefs. Not every republican is anti-abortion and pro-prayer in school no matter how the media portrays them.

You should meet some real people sometime and see how the other half lives.

—edit—

Though…if you don’t look like you walked straight off the set of Duck Dynasty they are probably closet conservatives and won’t risk offending some random stranger with their “hate speech” because that’s what ‘merica has become.

Re:Scunthorpe Sans, A font that censors bad language automat... by tsimionescu on Sunday July 03, 2022 @11:55AM (#31968636)
> Not every republican is anti-abortion and pro-prayer in school no matter how the media portrays them.

Sure, but not every republican is conservative. Most that I've seen or heard are either religious and conservative, or they are libertarian.