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The word hasn't seen widespread use as a "disability slur" for a very long time. The great irony of this very vocal online minority continuing to fake offence and turn it into a political left vs right thing is that they are actually trying to take us back to the world in which the word has real power. If they were genuinely concerned about the word then they would just shut the fuck up and let it exist as the generic insult it has become.
How could this word even be removed. Unlike the N word it actually has legitimate uses. I didn't even know it was "bad" to say.
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The lefts incessant battle about words and PR policing has been part of the reason we keep losing elections.
It's such an easy way to drive the casual person away, when you are constantly switching definitions and trying to trip people up to call them assholes, because they didn't immediately agree with you about switching the definition of a word.
They are such nonsense issues but they are fantastic at dividing left from right, and even splintering the left itself.
It honestly feels like some right wing think tank tried to come up with a way to undermine the message and credibility of the left, by having them fight word battles all day long. And oh boy has it worked.
i think there's some nuance and intent definitely matters however i still think it's something you would avoid saying, it's like half a dozen words
It's very similar to some cointelpro strategies for derailing leftist meetings by trying to drag out processes and procedures. I guess that doesn't work forever though because processes can get refined in ways to minimize disruption and mitigate the effects of bad faith behavior, and also there are a lot fewer leftist organizations with procedures that can be abused. But there are leftist discussion spaces, and those can still be derailed and made alienating with language games.
Guys, let’s cater the leftist movement to coddle centrist and conservative snowflakes otherwise we’re pushing them away
You realize we've lost all three branches and have basically lost every position that matters? Women are worse off, Trans people are worse off, colored people are worse off. The lack of self reflection is staggering.
Note also that I never mention any specific word, yet you're going off like some lunatic white knighter.
That is the problem. Not only are people bickering about words, they are bickering about whether we should be bickering....
I’m… “going off”? Get real. Some people don’t like a word. Not a big deal for you? Then stay out of it. You literally started the bickering.
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There is nothing wrong with the word retard or retarded. Use it if you want, F the word police.
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I watched this episode and, unlike the comments in this thread, it wasn't removed until I slowed the playback speed down.
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no one has ever been offended by the word removed, unless they are getting offended on someone else's behalf to virtue signal
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