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I don't get what you are trying to imply... You do not walk up to people in public and criticize their gender, sexuality, appearance, intelligence, and more just because you do not agree with their opinion. "Anti-normative" is pretty vague but I'm assuming it is covering that subset of things that may not be cursing but are still negative. It seems that you are making the term fit some assumed oppression on society when it's just trying to make people not be dicks.



Some people do.

Some people do wolf-whistle at women, or shout things at them from moving vehicles.

Some people do stare at disabled people; or laugh at the learning disabled, or mock those with facial disfigurement.

Some people do chant abuse at those of a different race or ethnicity.

Some people deny others jobs (or equal pay) because of the sexual preference or gender or disability or race or religion or age of the employee - even though many countries have had anti-discrimination laws for years.

Here's examples of real people, in the real world, with real identities attached ("The licence plate was ..." or "the company was...") with real penalties attached (sometimes) and yet these people are still being dicks.

I'm not convinced that asking someone to pick a realistic sounding name is going to stop someone from being a dick.


The whole point of the research is that it cuts down this behavior by 30%. Seems pretty good.




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