Comment by CursedSilicon
3 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
3 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
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
Incidentally, I don't refer to other types of mentally impaired people as "retard". The word has a negative connotation, similarly to "moron".
Both terms obviously should be received negatively, they are insults. That's how insults work.
I am happy to refer to more groups, not only Tesla investors, as retards too. I'll leave this as an exercise to imagination.
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