>People start to wonder why you made that conscious choice. What does that say about you? Are you a bigot? Do you harbor hatred for those harmed by such language? Are you making a political statement? Why can't you just do what you're suggested? It's only a click away after all.
And such folks can ask me what I meant or they can just fuck right off. Even if that means a few parting barbs from such folk or even a coordinated campaign to damage my reputation.
I have no control over what other people think, do or say, other than to speak my mind as well.
As Justice Brandeis put it[0] nearly a hundred years ago:
If there be time to expose through discussion the
falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the
process of education, the remedy to be applied is
more speech, not enforced silence.
And such folks can ask me what I meant or they can just fuck right off. Even if that means a few parting barbs from such folk or even a coordinated campaign to damage my reputation.
I have no control over what other people think, do or say, other than to speak my mind as well.
As Justice Brandeis put it[0] nearly a hundred years ago:
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_v._California#Quotes