I have had an idea for a browser plugin cooking in the back of my mind
for a long time.
What i want to do is create a “redactor” plugin that substitutes
politically correct language (from any political perspective) for the
actual text appearing on a web page. E.g., when you see “President
Bush,” substitute “war-mongering President Bush”, when you see “meter
maid” substitute “community standards officer” (this is a real world
example from Ann Arbor!), when you see “firefighter” substitute
“fireman”, etc., etc., limited only by your ingenuity. the Web 2.0
way would be to allow people to create “redactor” profiles and share
them.
This is my rather sardonic take on the Internet’s tendency to
encourage people to talk only in their own vocabulary to their own
groups, but I think it would have an audience …
I have thought about taking an existing Firefox plugin and modifying
it but in all honesty this is probably a bit over my head.
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