I’m skeptical that the use of these short phrases implies that rationalists have overly normalized speech suppression (if that’s what you mean by your Huffman coding argument).
Edited to hopefully clarify. I do believe that the reasons for it are innocent, but it still feels uncomfortable, and, to the extent that it’s under our control, I would like to reduce it.
Edited to hopefully clarify. I do believe that the reasons for it are innocent, but it still feels uncomfortable, and, to the extent that it’s under our control, I would like to reduce it.