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F***: Every word exists for a reason. When we want to use swear words, we spell them out. We oppose the pretense of replacing swear words with asterisks. Like most forms of morally forbidding Negativity, using asterisks reinforces what’s hidden by putting emphasis on the letters that are part of a bad word. Instead, asterisks create a loud echo in the reader’s mind and reveal the deep hypocrisy of superficially moral behavior. The same applies to words like friggin, freaking, effing etc. See also: adjectives and adverbs.
