← Back to context Comment by surgical_fire 2 days ago [flagged] 8 comments surgical_fire Reply CursedSilicon 2 days ago Hey uh. Slurs aren't cool.You could've just as easily said "investors are morons" and had the same connotations without disparaging a group of people tartuffe78 2 days ago Apparently morons once meant the same thingARCHAIC•MEDICINE a person having low intelligence or an intellectual disability. lelanthran 1 day ago > You could've just as easily said "investors are morons"A distinction without a difference. They mean the same thing.When "moron" started getting used as a slur, "retarded" was introduced. When "retarded" got used as a slur, "mentally challenged" was introduced.Now that "mentally challenged" is being used as a slur, there'll soon be a replacement along . surgical_fire 2 days ago I disagree, and I also don't care. I really despise this sort language policing, it is clear what my message was.The only group of people I disparaged are Tesla investors, deservingly so.Other types of mentally impaired people have my full sympathy, and that includes charity. CursedSilicon 2 days ago The thing about using slurs is when you respond with "but [group] deserved it!" you've implied that you're happy to use it against someone if you subjectively believe they're "deserving" and that the term should be received negatively 3 replies →
CursedSilicon 2 days ago Hey uh. Slurs aren't cool.You could've just as easily said "investors are morons" and had the same connotations without disparaging a group of people tartuffe78 2 days ago Apparently morons once meant the same thingARCHAIC•MEDICINE a person having low intelligence or an intellectual disability. lelanthran 1 day ago > You could've just as easily said "investors are morons"A distinction without a difference. They mean the same thing.When "moron" started getting used as a slur, "retarded" was introduced. When "retarded" got used as a slur, "mentally challenged" was introduced.Now that "mentally challenged" is being used as a slur, there'll soon be a replacement along . surgical_fire 2 days ago I disagree, and I also don't care. I really despise this sort language policing, it is clear what my message was.The only group of people I disparaged are Tesla investors, deservingly so.Other types of mentally impaired people have my full sympathy, and that includes charity. CursedSilicon 2 days ago The thing about using slurs is when you respond with "but [group] deserved it!" you've implied that you're happy to use it against someone if you subjectively believe they're "deserving" and that the term should be received negatively 3 replies →
tartuffe78 2 days ago Apparently morons once meant the same thingARCHAIC•MEDICINE a person having low intelligence or an intellectual disability.
lelanthran 1 day ago > You could've just as easily said "investors are morons"A distinction without a difference. They mean the same thing.When "moron" started getting used as a slur, "retarded" was introduced. When "retarded" got used as a slur, "mentally challenged" was introduced.Now that "mentally challenged" is being used as a slur, there'll soon be a replacement along .
surgical_fire 2 days ago I disagree, and I also don't care. I really despise this sort language policing, it is clear what my message was.The only group of people I disparaged are Tesla investors, deservingly so.Other types of mentally impaired people have my full sympathy, and that includes charity. CursedSilicon 2 days ago The thing about using slurs is when you respond with "but [group] deserved it!" you've implied that you're happy to use it against someone if you subjectively believe they're "deserving" and that the term should be received negatively 3 replies →
CursedSilicon 2 days ago The thing about using slurs is when you respond with "but [group] deserved it!" you've implied that you're happy to use it against someone if you subjectively believe they're "deserving" and that the term should be received negatively 3 replies →
Hey uh. Slurs aren't cool.
You could've just as easily said "investors are morons" and had the same connotations without disparaging a group of people
Apparently morons once meant the same thing
ARCHAIC•MEDICINE a person having low intelligence or an intellectual disability.
> You could've just as easily said "investors are morons"
A distinction without a difference. They mean the same thing.
When "moron" started getting used as a slur, "retarded" was introduced. When "retarded" got used as a slur, "mentally challenged" was introduced.
Now that "mentally challenged" is being used as a slur, there'll soon be a replacement along .
I disagree, and I also don't care. I really despise this sort language policing, it is clear what my message was.
The only group of people I disparaged are Tesla investors, deservingly so.
Other types of mentally impaired people have my full sympathy, and that includes charity.
The thing about using slurs is when you respond with "but [group] deserved it!" you've implied that you're happy to use it against someone if you subjectively believe they're "deserving" and that the term should be received negatively
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