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There’s a clear campaign against the mentally ill with the global rise of fascism. Lots of it shows up in anti homeless rhetoric, but you can see it in the MAHA and anti vaccination movements.

There’s no reason to use the word “r-tarded” to describe someone. As someone who’s worked with the intellectually challenged, it’s an insult to them to compare them with people who are willfully ignorant.

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[–] khepri@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Absolutely recommend you try this out with some slurs on people of various races and see if saying "the word doesn't matter" stops them from beating the shit out you lol

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

lol, retard isnt even close to the n-word and it's annoying as fuck when people try to compare the two.

there's a joke (john mullaney, i think?) that goes if you got two words...and one word you won't even say...that word is the worse word

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Plenty of chuds will gladly say n****r...

[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago

Why not? If the goal is to annoy or insult, why wouldnt you use that word, or any word? You are supposed to be trying to annoy the person, to insult them. Why the fucking fuck are you trying to be nice during your insult??? The only reason not to use it, is because its easy. You want to be at least a little creative and get some colour into your insults.

Imagine if people just didnt say that word because they didnt want to, and not because there was a social stigma around it. Woudnt that make the world so much easier to navigate?

[–] arin@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What's up my nigga got widely used without insulting anyone

[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, just looking at all the banned words. It seems more like its the "R" sound people dont like...