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CDC gets list of forbidden words

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WhitneyLand ◴[] No.15937460[source]
Comments saying some of these words could be used inappropriately are missing the point.

Fuck, rat bastard, and many other words may not be appropriate for use either. We don’t start surgically censoring non-elected, non-party affiliated, government staff for theoretical transgressions.

Let’s be evidenced based (sorry), and ask how many times in the past this approach would have helped a CDC situation? At least, a situation that does not divide along political lines.

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1. smsm42 ◴[] No.15938152[source]
> how many times in the past this approach would have helped a CDC situation

Has it been tried before? If it hasn't been tried, we can't have evidence whether it has helped until it is tried.