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PatFussy@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah ngl as someone who grew up being called retarded for being autistic I really hate how this word has become a slur.

  Like every time people create a word for a specific type of person it becomes a slur. At some point people need to just get the fuck over it.

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  • LwL@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I also just don’t get the point of censoring. I don’t have any particular feelings about the word retarded, but I’m also autistic. Do I get annoyed when people use autistic as an insult (i hope it never reaches actual slur status because I’ll never accept it as such), esp for stuff that has nothing to do with ASD symptoms at all? Sure. Does it make it better if someone crosses it out in a screenshot, or censors it in a quote? Lolno.

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    • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Censoring is stupid and people self-censoring just makes me think the user is a child who’s scared of being caught saying the naughty words or is just copying what TV does as if they also have to adhere to broadcasting regulations.

      A lot of people online don’t seem to understand the difference between referencing a word and invoking it. For example, we’re in a 4chan community, you should really expect there to be very offensive language in the posts themselves, but we’re adults here and we can look at the word “retarded” without thinking that it’s OK to use as a slur ourselves.

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  • Anamnesis@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It was a slur the entire time millennials were growing up. It hasn’t not been a slur since…the 70s?

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    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So was removed and the n word. The fact that I can spell out one but not the other is also kinda my point.

      I’m retarded. It takes me longer to figure things out than most. I’m not ashamed of that. In fact when I finally figure something out, I actually understand it better than the average person.

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      • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think maybe that’s a lemmy.world thing? I did a test and I can say it. I see removed in your comment though and if you view my test from your instance (not my sh.itjust.works link above) I suspect you won’t see it.

        Unless you’re trolling.

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      • MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Lemmy is just Diet Reddit

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      • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wait what the hell? Why is it censored? I thought the filter was all or nothing.

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• Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A kid named saying retarded on a 4chan sub

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