16 years of Song A Day
@jmann.eth
I really can't stand the return of the R word. Sure, yes, you can say whatever the fuck you want. But it's a really mean word, especially if you have someone in your life with actual developmental disabilities. It takes such little effort to think about other people's feelings.
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GraspOnCrypto
@grasponcrypto
my feelings are not strong on individual words directly, but the sentiment behind them. We have this social ferris-wheel with scientific (and non-scientific) words which I find annoying. A euphemism treadmill, as its been called. Retarded is a scientific word meaning slow. Fire-retardant, for example. The original meaning was not a slur. It became a slur due to its meaning. As the R word becomes unacceptable, its replacement will slowly become the new slur, and we will have to mark that new slur as unacceptable. As the ferris wheel turns and generations trudge forth, we will continue the cycle, likely returning back to words which no longer carry the weight of being a slur as generations die off and other words become the new slur. Disclaimer: this is not to say I condone the use of the word, just that I tire of the constant cycle of taking a perfectly harmless word and it being turned into a slur. retard idiot moron imbecile cretin lame All words which began life as non-slur
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