Im not trying to target anyone in specific here, so if anyone feels attacked or a need to defend their usage, thats not on me. One of the things I do in my spare time is advocacy for marginalized groups, many of which I belong to. Disabled, queer, etc. As part of my activism to help reduce the...
I figure its a good idea to remind people that their words do have consequences, that a word isnt an acceptable word just because its resurgent in popularity. I see it everywhere now, when it used to be practically nonexistent for the last decade. Its a word politicians and presidents are using...
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I don't give a fuck if you're autistic, doesn't make using the R word any better than using words like 'm*ng' and 'spa*tic'.
If you're using it in a derogatory way it's a slur. It's 2026 grow the fuck up. Disabled people have had enough.
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q log #143: screw this squiddo for trying to ask that people be more mindful of the language they use. all im trying to do is make an inclusive environment where everyone can feel welcome, and most importantly, safe. and using harmful rhetoric is very unsafe, and worst of all: rude.
Im not "policing speech", im asking yall to be polite. If youre using it in chemistry, fine whatever, who tf cares? But to use it in regards to another person, using a word thats been used to institutionalize disabled minorities, and still is, people like me? You've gotta be ignorant or...
See my first comment. Here it is again in case ypu missed it, you ableist POS. You and I both know chemical retardation isnt the context im referring to, don't patronize me. "I don't think it can be reclaimed because it will always be used to demean or degrade by comparing the target to someone...
There was a cpuple decades where we almost made some societal progress against the system and removed the r-slur from public usage and from law and pathology. Just because the facists are back in power, dont mean you gotta accept their cultural movement against the different and disabled, its...
Yes im serious, why wouldnt i be? Its a slur, and slurs should be avoided (even if you really really want to say it anyways). Its not that hard to find a different word with less historical baggage, and why do yall wanna say a slur so badly anyways?
I don't think it can be reclaimed because it will always be used to demean or degrade by comparing the target to someone who is different and that difference should never be used as an insult