This was the top post when I checked Lemmy this morning.. Mod commented to mark the post NSFW, even though it wasn't NSFW as far as I could tell. Post was locked and had a ton of deleted comments.
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Yeah, that's why "retard" especially is considered an ableist slur. I don't see the "euphemism treadmill" though.
Cycling out the old words because they are starting to feel slur-like, just to use the new medical language to harm/insult people.
Thanks for the explanation. But since I only said using the term "retard" as a slur (and made a tangent about the definition of "slur") and made no statement about other medical terms being used as slurs, I still fail to see what my initial comment has to do with the treadmill...
Retard being used as a slur and something you cannot say to retarded people is what they perceived as the treadmill in action. This line of reasoning only works if and only if they vehemently stand against people using retard as a slur.
I don't know if they have any merit.
It has no merit unless you want to change nothing to prevent the treadmill. This is basically "let them use that slur or they will use a new slur" and that's just not achieving anything.
You're right. They appear to be an idiot.
Don't use medical terms/states as slurs is my opinion but they say all slurs are equal.
You haven't seen 'autistic' used as an insult? That's the newest entry on the treadmill.
No, I haven't. But how is that relevant to my comments?
I was explaining how euphemism treadmill works.
No, you weren't. Brought a new example.
And I still don't know how the euphemism treadmill is relevant to my comment.