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[–] 29 points 1 year ago (16 children)
  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Eh, at this point can we just agree that word doesn't apply to people with actual disabilities? It hasn't been used as such for decades. Maybe we just agree to only use it to refer to morons, the same way "moron" was once a medical term.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Didn't the words moron and imbecile follow along a similar line of etymological evolution that the r-word went through? Yet imbecile and moron are considered acceptable offensive words to use. To be honest it's why I don't really care that much about the r-word itself.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Soooo many other words, just pick a better one.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Seriously why are you acting like using words is so frigging hard.

    There’s so much worse shit going on in the world as is the entire point of the discussion and this is the hill your choosing to die on here? Mere inconvenience of learning to just use words?

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    There are many hills to die on, but I have standards and those standards are important. Just pick a better word next time and move on, it’s not that difficult.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    How about you just ignore it and move on, instead of asking everyone to pander to your standards? Not to be rude, but no one on the internet gives a shit about your standards, and no one is going to try to comply with them. Use the downvote button if you don't like the word

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    But why? Some people are still hurt by it's usage, we have other words.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Are people actually hurt by its usage or is it another case of "protecting" people who don't really mind?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I mean I know people hurt by it personally so I don't use it, to each their own I guess. Surprised that's a hot take though

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    speaking about hot takes…. So Why are you still going on about the inconvenience of just changing words? Just learn new words and be done with it. Can’t be that hard. Kids can learn new words every day. I believe in you.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    This is something I've been wondering about.

    The r-slur is one of the few words that actually bothers fascists.

    If you call them a "fascist" they don't care. If you call them a "nazi", they don't care. If you call them a "traitor", some of them care a little bit. These are not insults that get under their skin.

    But if you call them a "retrd" or a "fggot", it can really rustle their jimmies. In their minds, these are actual insults.

    So if using the slur hurts the fascists more than it hurts the marginalized group, would that usage be justified? Wield the word as a weapon against the fascists, in a way?

    I'm not sure, leaning probably not. But if I see ICE in the street I would like something to yell at them that actually bothers them. Maybe "Trump is a kiddie diddler" will work for a little while.

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