Do you complain about the two I-Slurs, the M-slurs, as well?
I'm just going to say. Retarded has the most right to exist out of all the words that have been malformed from medical diagnoses that mean "has diminished capacity".
It has an actual function outside of being used as an insult, unlike Moron, Imbecile, and Idiot. And should not be censored or have people in favor of its censorship as we've already seen the nanny state corporations are happy to implement.
If you're wondering why I say this it's because of words like "Fire Retardent" Or saying something slows things down is to retard it(older usage I know, but it does pop up from time to time in technical documents for things). There are more uses, but admittedly I'm tired today and don't have it in me to dredge up more examples.
And yeah sorry that you personally are getting the brunt of this rant, but I'm so tired of censorship on words in general, but especially on words that have uses outside of the insult. I also hate how inconsistent people are with it.
It's a fucking word. It's a fucking word that means the same as stupid, idiot, moron, imbecile, it just hits harder for most. It's not a real slur, imo. And if you're using it as a slur, that's on you and you're a fucking moron for it.