“Christians today have become the most vitriolic tribe,” said Ritchson, who himself identifies as a follower of Jesus. “It is so antithetical to what Jesus was calling us to be and to do.”
“Christians today have become the most vitriolic tribe,” said Ritchson, who himself identifies as a follower of Jesus. “It is so antithetical to what Jesus was calling us to be and to do.”
Not sure how censoring a word helps but more power to ya
A compassionate person will do things that actively avoid trauma triggers. (I.e. if you know a dog will gringe away from a raised hand due to being abused you tend not to raise your hand to continue to see the reaction.)
But you still know it’s that word and read it as that word, all you did was replace the A with an asterisk. It’s odd that it is supposed to help prevent a trigger when the word is still there and very obvious what it is still. It’s not completely blacking the word out so you can’t see it anymore.
Good answer.
You also reminded me of something. A guy I knew had the happiest, friendliest, most well behaved dog you’ve ever seen (ironically named Grizzly). One day, he was carrying a magazine rolled up in his hand. Grizzly freaked out, which he had never done before.
Grizzly was a rescue dog. Apparently, his previous owner had beaten him. My friend was so, so pissed at Grizzly’s previous owner.
I’m asking this genuinely, because I don’t understand. Does the removal of the single letter of a word actually lessen the “triggering” the word can do? In my mind you’re reading it the same regardless, so I don’t get how it makes it actually better without more fully obfuscating what the word is.
On the flip side, I’ve heard what seems like a reasonable theory that some people with these triggers will filter things by keyword. Granted, I’m not sure if Lemmy or any of its clients have that kind of functionality, but let’s say something does. By replacing a letter with a character or similar workaround (to which I echo the question of if that really has a significant effect when the meaning is still obvious) you’re bypassing that filter someone may have set.
This is entirely true. Censoring words you type like this is actively working against the main way people who are trying to avoid such triggers can take care of themselves.
You can set up a filter to block stuff containing a sensitive word, but your filter will fail against the countless ways there are to censor the word with asterisks or whatever. The censorship is well-meaning but misguided.