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What’s the r-word?
“retarded”
Oh. I know it’s not a nice word but didn’t think it was bad enough to include on the same level as the n-word. Times do change I guess
It’s a weird one. “Retard” is a technical term, jargon. It became a perjorative term.
Unlike the n-word that was always a pejorative.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 years ago
“retarded”
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Oh. I know it’s not a nice word but didn’t think it was bad enough to include on the same level as the n-word. Times do change I guess
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 years ago
It’s a weird one. “Retard” is a technical term, jargon. It became a perjorative term.
Unlike the n-word that was always a pejorative.