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[–] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There's describing someone's inability to understand easy concepts and there's using a medical condition in a derogatory manner.

Similarly, frowning upon the n-slur does not imply that we have no more words for referring to people of color.

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[–] turdas@suppo.fi 2 points 7 months ago

Mental retardation hasn't been a widely recognized medical condition for at least 30 years. They started scrubbing the term out of diagnostic criteria in the 90s and I think the last one to use it was officially retired in the 00s.

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[+] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca -1 points 7 months ago (1 child)

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[–] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 points 7 months ago*

That is not what I suggested. I compared your logical fallacy to a more extreme example in hopes that you notice how short-sighted your argument was.

To remind you, your comment implied "If I can't use , how else will I refer to ?".

There are plenty of other words you can choose from both in place of the r-slur and the n-slur. Arguing that this in any way limits your vocabulary is incredibly narrow-minded.