It was never about β€œfree speech.”

@georgetakei
So, I've heard that there are euphimisms in China to circumvent the censors, especially when talking about something like Tiananmen Square.
(Which them presumably also get flagged by the censors when they become common or recognized enough.)

And then of course there's the whole saying "unalive" instead of "kill" because the algorithm will bury your post and/or shadow ban you.

DEIA, LGBT+, gender, climate...

We're going to have to do the same thing.

@pockets
The UK gay community used to have its own language called Polari. It may be worth reviving that for the current generation.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20180212-polari-the-code-language-gay-men-used-to-survive

@georgetakei

Polari: The code language gay men used to survive

Polari was spoken to skirt the UK’s strict anti-homosexuality laws. Though largely forgotten, some of its words can be found in dictionaries today.

BBC