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0 pointsvorpalhex6y ago0 comments

Youtube doesn't censor most pejoratives in comments, as you can tell by reading any of the comments.

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chki6y ago· 2 in thread

I think you are reading things into the comment your replying to that aren't there.

It is either the case that the parent likes to add random facts into conversations such as "the word communist contains 9 letters" which has nothing to do with the conversation, or the parent clearly felt that the phrase being perjorative was tied to it being censored.

Let us assume the parent was being on topic and relevant. Therefore they seem to indicate the censoring was due to it being perjorative. As most other perjoratives are not typically censored (per my comment), that would imply that the "Communist Bandit" perjorative is somehow special.

Is it special because it's somehow especially worse than other perjoratives, or is it special because it offends a foreign state's political party?

chki6y ago

I guess we're on a tangent now but maybe it's an interesting exercise.

>the parent clearly felt that the phrase being perjorative was tied to it being censored.

How do you come to this conclusion? In my view the comment is not implying anything at all, it is merely translating (not only using a direct translation but also conveying the implications of the phrase "communist bandit"). The word "pejorative" adds to the translation. There is nothing in the original comment that says anything about censorship at all.

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