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Because as offensive as that may be, if you open the door to allow the government the option of banning one word, you have opened the door to them banning other words and NO ONE trusts the government with that power any more than we can trust them to be prudent with gun control.
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Check again...
A number of states have already made it illegal to use the word "retarded".
Obama passd "Rosa's Law" in 2010...
So - yes - banning "words" is already being done & yes - I fully expect other "words" to follow & yes - I fully expect to see the ban(s) extend past only the .gov agencies and documentation where it applies now.
Presently, the ban on the word "retarded" only applies to local/state/federal employees and documentation.
(Don't fret - the "word police" are coming to get you of you call someone a "retard". However, if you work for a .gov agency and do it, expect to be diciplined - to one degree or another,,,,depending).
That still doesn't mean that at some point down the road,,,such a ban/law won't come into being that does effect nearly everyone.
That's exactly how drug testing in the workplace got started.