I must first say that I tried to contact the administration with my concern, but apparently I must be blocked as when I clicked on the link, nothing happened.
Yesterday I commented on a post where the person used what I considered to be using God's name in vain when they used g*dd**n(it was spelled out completely)and the word **** in their question/post. As a Christian I take great offense to God's name being used in vain. And it remained unchanged even after I brought it to their attention.
And I only did as I have noticed over the several years that I've been on this forum that words like sh*t, h*ll, a*s and the like have always been changed with the the asterisk added(like I did in my post here)and to me those mild words don't begin to compare to using God's name in vain in my book anyway, yet they kept it unchanged.
And so I called them(Aging Care)out on it and said that if they were going to censor some of us they needed to be censoring ALL of us, and it wasn't right to pick and choose as it could interpreted as discrimination.
It was because of my comments apparently that I was removed from their email list, as I didn't receive the caregiver connection(when I had comments that were "liked" by others yesterday), last night, nor did I receive the Aging Care Forum email this morning that I get every morning.
I have been a good contributor over the almost 3 years I've been on here, and even though I don't come on a whole lot anymore(for varies reasons) the thought that what is supposed to be a legit forum to help caregivers who really need it, has now become "woke"(like so many other platforms) because they don't like being called out for being unfair, is disheartening to say the least.
I thought I still lived in America where I had freedom of speech, but apparently that only applies if someone agrees with what you're saying huh? It's not only sad but a shame that Aging Care has jumped on the "woke" bandwagon.
So to all of you folks who are still in the throes of caregiving, I wish you all the very best and will remind you to make sure that you're taking good care of yourselves while on this journey, as you matter too.
God bless you all.
But as long as we are talking shades of idioms, a popular Spanish term is “pendejo.” Most Spanish speakers will say it means an idiota, or a bastard. A few will say it’s a slang term for the anal cavity.
My own opinion here is opposite grandmas regarding her personal bad word that has passed PG filters since before PG14 or whatever was a thing. I myself don’t give a blessed gosh darn about said word, and either does the AP. Or the FCC. I’m more irritated that the last sentence sounds like a South Park parody to even get through.
We live in strange times. Anything goes as far as language, profanility, or obscenity is concerned so long as it's entertainment and this is especially true in the hip-hop community.
Yet a person says certain words with no insult or offense and they are finished. Lose their jobs and everything else. It is what it is and that's the world we live in.
Political correctness to the point of absurdity, yet the most despicable depravity is perfectly fine.
...i can understand admin's censorship of bad words with asterisk ***.
...and i can understand people who say, they want more consistency. more censorship! more asterisk ***.
totally off topic:
i have to say:
i'm someone who never swears...and then suddenly when something happens, sometimes a word comes out of my mouth (by the way, it's quite a mild word), and i'm totally surprised/shocked - so surprised that i'm much more concerned about that, than whatever actually just happened. maybe it's therapeutic for me :). my attention is totally diverted. :)
anyway, i'm also one of these people who don't like swear words (butttt, once in a while, in the right context, like in a movie, it can be funny).
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another funny quote:
"The worst thing about censorship is ----- "