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What is the best way to react, if someone calls you a degenerate? Just leave them, remembering the insult?

This type of insult targets disabled people specifically?

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[โ€“] gray@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No decent person would use the word degenerate. Just don't interact if you can

[โ€“] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I know a fairly large number of amazing people who use the word degenerate somewhat frequently. That said, they are all definitely degenerates and proud of it.

[โ€“] gray@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago

Reclamation is totally fine of course

[โ€“] gray@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Unless it's a consensual sex thing

[โ€“] semperverus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

I may not be a decent person, but I do have a discord channel called The Department of Degeneracy where we post dark, spicy, and doomer memes that would make grandma gasp.