Please add this word to the banned words list

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This is silly. Can anyone point me to anyone who could be hurt by “spook”?

Like what is this supposed to address? In case some invader pulls out old timey slurs no user has ever heard that are about as impactful as using slurs from olde english?

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Yup, completely agree. I’ve already said this in a previous debate about this issue, but if the word “spook” is banned, we pretty much shouldn’t be allowed to use any of the words on this list.

What was that red fruit called again? What kind of animal is a human? Who knows, banned :1984:

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Now that I think about it, “red” could be a slur for indigenous people so I’m pretty sure I should be tossed in the gulag for saying “red fruit”

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turns into John Cleese from the self-defense sketch

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It is not that antiquated of a slur. I know as a fact that it was used up until the 70s at least in pop culture in blaxploitation films. There are people alive today who have had that word used against them

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It doesn’t even have to be directly hurtful to everyone, it also just makes enough people uncomfortable that it makes sense to advise against using

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