# So "ammosexual" is a sexually offensive word now?

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**Created:** [April 3, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ammosexual-is-a-sexually-offensive-word-now/962176 "2022-04-03T04:24:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ammosexual-is-a-sexually-offensive-word-now/962176/78 "2022-04-05T18:34:50Z")

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> [@mordecaiB](#):
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> Since it’s been three days, did anyone start a new thread on the subject? I notice that when mods say open another thread, it rarely happens.

Yes, this appears to be it:

> [@Breaking news: 3 Army soldiers, 9 others accused in gun trafficking ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-3-army-soldiers-9-others-accused-in-gun-trafficking-ring/962213):
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> This thread is for discussion of the following news article:

> [@k9bfriender](#):
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> It’s almost certainly going to be an insult if used against another poster, but using it to describe people off the board who _do_ value their guns over the lives of others is an insult that they deserve.
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> Given the extreme pro-gun stance of this board, however, I see this as a losing argument, and it, along with anything else that people may think makes a gun owner feel bad will be banned outside of the pit.
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> Just too bad they are so much slower about banning things that offend _actual_ marginalized groups.
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> Anyway, point of clarification, “ammosexual” seems to now verboten to be used, no matter the insanity demonstrated by an off board individual’s devotion to guns, in the main forums. Is it also going to be banned _in_ the pit?

I’m not convinced yet that the evil word is banned, and if so, under what circumstances and in what forums.

There was come indication that “ammosexual” was banned in that particular OP for sexualizing gun owners (which, as this current thread clearly shows, is largely rejected by many Dopers), but also that it was banned simply as being a political jab in a breaking-news thread. The limited responses by a few mods in _this_ thread do not strongly indicate which is the case, IMHO.

I would agree that it’s should not be used to insult other posters outside the Pit. But I disagree that it should be banned when used to insult off-Board people. And it should be allowed to insult even Dopers in the Pit – after all, what’s the Pit for?

The idea that the word should be banned simply because it “sexualizes” gun nuts, or even gun owners generally, is ridiculous. That just seems like uber-wokism on steroids.

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