I get irrationally angry whenever I see censored text in a post. It only draws more attention to it. And I don’t buy the ‘avoiding offense’ argument. Talking around a topic is still talking about it. The only thing it does is show complacency with advertisers and the algorithm.
I made this meme myself out of frustration and I’ve noticed the occasional post that apologizes for a pre-censored post or image. I like to think my meme was the reason.
Tbf I don’t even agree with the avoiding offense argument. I’ve spent my damn life fighting censorship from the Christian Moral Right by intentionally offending them, for the single crime of attempting to control me. Now it isn’t just the Christians, but the advertisers, and even normal people now seem to have more sensative sensabilities than my 1940s ass grandmother.
Being offensive is sometimes necessary. What’s more, censorship offends me.
I generally agree with the sentiment, but coded language is part and parcel of a compromised communication space. That it’s thinly veiled only really speaks to the exact nature of algorithmic censorship.
I get irrationally angry whenever I see censored text in a post. It only draws more attention to it. And I don’t buy the ‘avoiding offense’ argument. Talking around a topic is still talking about it. The only thing it does is show complacency with advertisers and the algorithm.
I made this meme myself out of frustration and I’ve noticed the occasional post that apologizes for a pre-censored post or image. I like to think my meme was the reason.
Tbf I don’t even agree with the avoiding offense argument. I’ve spent my damn life fighting censorship from the Christian Moral Right by intentionally offending them, for the single crime of attempting to control me. Now it isn’t just the Christians, but the advertisers, and even normal people now seem to have more sensative sensabilities than my 1940s ass grandmother.
Being offensive is sometimes necessary. What’s more, censorship offends me.
Naked Aggression - Censored Truth
Fuck. Mission accomplished!
I generally agree with the sentiment, but coded language is part and parcel of a compromised communication space. That it’s thinly veiled only really speaks to the exact nature of algorithmic censorship.
F**K!!!