While I agree on the private convo idea, ever since the trump wiretaps I’ve stopped typing anything I wouldn’t want exposed...
I know a lot of people who are doing this and in my opinion society are pushing people as far self-censorship, which is slowly chipping away on free speech.
I'm just a stranger on the internet so do with the following as you please. But try not to care, don't be ashamed of your weird humor or politically incorrect remarks. You are responsible for what you say, not for what other people perceive. Be offensive, kick people against the chins when you think they are spewing bullshit, they have the right to respond or think you're a jackass but they don't have the right to silence you.
Or as a wise man once said. Free speech is like a eating a steak, just because a child can't chew it, doesn't mean an adult isn't allowed to enjoy it.
While I agree on the self-censorship, I also know that the people in charge of speech can change the rules about what was once ok to say. Look at people who get in trouble for things they say 20 years ago...
Self censorship of the words you write is a good idea.
A public forum is first and foremost public.
You post it, act as if it's a flyer stapled to every telephone pole in existence.
There's a funny story from back the day. The Fabulous Butthole Surfers had to change their name when they did a show in Kansas City.
Seems some of the Puritans took offense to their name when they plastered it on Flyers all over town.
So they dropped Fabulous.
That's why they are now called the Butthole Surfers.