Reply #168: oh please

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Really. Again, we are talking about banning the use of the word in a very specific way, a way that is undeniably sexist. This is not an outright ban on all uses of the word.

I'm not even going to argue that this is the right thing to do. I want to hear YOU argue that this is the wrong thing to do. Specifically, I want to know why people should be allowed to use sexist language on this forum?

Really - what are you defending here? And this isn't a LAW we're talking about, it's a rule on a forum - why is it so important to you that you be free to insult women here? How is that an important element of intellectual discourse on this board? What, exactly, are we losing when we say that people can't use sexist language here, and how does it compare to what we gain?