chellesissy replied to your post “Honestly having a drunk dude in a Guy Fawkes mask scream “fuck you...”
You censor the word "f****t" but not "fuck?" That makes no sense.
Well, see, “fuck” is a swear word that doesn’t apply to anyone in particular, whereas the other word is a violent slur that specifically applies to a group I’m not a part of. As someone who has many friends and loved ones who are a part of that group and are hurt by the violent slur, and someone who cares about the mental health and emotional well-being of others, I choose to prevent them from hearing it spoken aloud when possible by not saying it and prevent them from seeing it written out by censoring it on the rare occasion circumstances demand it.
The difference is that there are times and places where the word “fuck” is okay to say, but there’s really no time or place where it’s okay to say the homophobic slur beginning with the letter F. The word “fuck” serves a purpose beyond hurting people. The other word doesn’t.