Making it so they aren't in the pool of errors that can be made. I want to be able to type swear words, but I don't want profanity to come out when I try to swipe "duck". Socially, emotionally, and politically loaded phrases make sense to require a bit more care for.

That is a general answer to your question. It is not a specific defense of the particular word list in question. But I can say I've been surprised a few times about what I accidentally swiped on Android. Bitch isn't swipable but I have "bitchiest" readily available, for instance.

I get "fuck" and "duck". I don't get "the occupied territories", "the Hamas movement", and "Trayvon Martin".

Then have "child friendly mode" be an option and the adults can have "fuck" back. This isn't a difficult design problem.

This is just the type of thing that makes everyone hate modern technology.

Look at all the armchair tough guys crying like children over the slightest whiff of behavior that goes against all these sweatshop child labor exploiting first worlders list of speculative harms.

How adult of you to die on this hill of all hills.

As global COL rises due to Americans hands off political approach the world watches as yall bitch about iPhone keyboards.

That is why people hate modern technology; the people in the industry are out of touch coddled first worlders lacking perspective.

You are on the website ycombinator.com complaining about someone complaining.

I like having a phone that doesn't spontaneously insert "fuck" into my messages because it thought I might mean that. That could lead to some unfortunate situations. When I want to use the word I'm perfectly capable of typing it.