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US Politics 18h

No they’re not, because no one alive today remembers a time when they were predominantly understood to refer primarily to disabled people. I say this as someone with a cognitive disability

US Politics 18h

The terms st*pid, d*mb, imb*cile, m*ron, and idi*t are just as offensive and ableist as the term r*tard

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Anonymous 18h

We gotta bring back the good ole “feeble minded”.

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Anonymous 18h

Even r*tard I don’t find particularly offensive unless obviously used in said manner, I only censor because I don’t know yak mod policy on it

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Anonymous 6h

If we keep saying ret@rd it will be in the same boat. I bet many young people don’t even know it used to be used clinically

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OP 18h

I’d put r*tard and braindead on the same level when used as insults

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