Banning the use of particular words on the basis that somebody asserts imply violence leads us down a dark path. If we ban “86”, we’ll eventually end up banning other words that could conceivably be used to mean violence, like: “remove”, “get rid of”, “discard”. Will I get banned if I post #remove47? Not today, perhaps. But tomorrow. . . ?
If we are left with no words, the only way to resist is with violence. Perhaps it’s a bit on-the-nose to quote 1948 to illustrate my point, but here goes:
In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it”
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