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Imagine a world where "abracadabra" is considered a terrible word. If you say it, people ostracize you. In this world, only two kinds of people would be ok saying the word - terrible ppl, and good ppl trying to point out that the terribleness of the word is made up.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

From the outside, they often look the same - how do you tell apart a person saying a word for terribleness, and a good person rejecting the frame entirely? If you buy into the idea that words can be inherently terrible, then it's hard to conceive of good people using them at all.

9:00 PM · Mar 20, 2022

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It's like the Jehovah scene from The Life of Brian

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But do people actually believe words can be inherently terrible? Or, do they assign terribleness to words so they can construct language dictates that will be socially enforced to more easily manipulate all frames?

Bob English (self-parody)

@uneasilybemused

Mar 20, 2022

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@Aella_Girl

Is the word actually magic? Does it do physical harm, or is the harm simply do to the violated prohibition?

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Pretty sure the easiest way to tell is to put the use of the word in context. If no context is given, it's pretty safe to assume that the person who brought up the usage wants you to automatically assume the person who said it is bad.

captaindissident BLM (they/them)

@captaindisside1

Mar 21, 2022

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@Aella_Girl

You often don't need to use the word when referring to it. Context always helps, but you don't need context if you don't use the word directly.

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You wake up early on a camping trip. It’s cool, but comfortable, as you sip some tea. The sun breaks over the horizon. Someone tells you that sipping tea at sunrise is just a bullshit cliche. Was that necessary?

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real simple on your bio and cv as well as giving me your pronouns and pronunciations give me the words and people you have cancelled