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  • EABOD25@lemm.eetoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldIs "retard" a slur?
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    2 days ago

    What I mean is anyone can be referred to as an idiot or a moron without isolating a select few. When you say “retard” you’re not only offending a small group of people, you’re offending everyone you call that and the group because you feel those people are lesser.


  • EABOD25@lemm.eetoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldIs "retard" a slur?
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    2 days ago

    Don’t call yourself that. And that I disagree because those other words can be used to justify a generalization while “retard” is not a generalized word.

    And I’m just going to assume what you said is an apology, but you haven’t been able to figure how to comfortably apologize to people online. Apology accepted





  • EABOD25@lemm.eetoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldIs "retard" a slur?
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    Words like moron and idiot can be used as generalized insult. They can be offensive, but it doesn’t refer to a certain person or people. Moron and idiot are both defined as being stupid and stupid is defined of lack of intelligence or common sense. The word “retard” refers to people that have mental retardations. The individual person can control being stupid, but they can’t control being mentally retarded.