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[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You hate on people that use literally this way, but you do the same thing yourself...

Moron is a term once used in psychology and psychiatry to denote mild intellectual disability. The term was closely tied with the American eugenics movement. Once the term became popularized, it fell out of use by the psychological community, as it was used more commonly as an insult than as a psychological term. It is similar to imbecile and idiot.

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But unless the people that use "literally" in the colloquial sense you are actually using a term that is tied to eugenics and the idea that disabled people are inferior. Maybe you should have thought about the words that come out of mouth?

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

He's right. You're righter

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