I'm a child of the late 80s & early 90s. Even back then language was starting to be policed. I didn't have too much a problem with it until I realized the people policing language are overwhelmingly the worst cunts and assholes you'll ever meet.
So I've gone back to saying words like retard & faggot outside of professional settings.
I know this is a stupid thread but I'm done living by leftist standards. I told my employees they don't have to worry about ever getting fired if they call trans people their biological sex. This all came up because I told a tranny to fuck off after he judged my employee for not using his preference pronouns.
I'm with you. I only censor myself when professionalism calls for it. (I'm a contractor so not very often) or out of respect. I won't say certain words in front of my mother or my grandmother. Otherwise, I let em fly!