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Please add "bugmen" and "bugman" to the slur filter (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net to c/feedback@hexbear.net

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They're used as anti-semetic slurs by the far right. There seems to be a proclivity to use the terms as applied to bug-eating politics, but unfortunately the term is simply too associated with anti-semetism and I think particularly given the current conflict it makes good sense to filter it.