There’s a clear campaign against the mentally ill with the global rise of fascism. Lots of it shows up in anti homeless rhetoric, but you can see it in the MAHA and anti vaccination movements.
There’s no reason to use the word “r-tarded” to describe someone. As someone who’s worked with the intellectually challenged, it’s an insult to them to compare them with people who are willfully ignorant.
People who are literally retarded are not the ones reading this post, or surfing the internet in general. People who are literally retarded can’t read.
“bUt Im NeurOdiVERgent!”
Shut the fuck up. We’re not talking about you. Lemmy seems to think they’re all special mental cases. No, everything I see on here about ADHD and autism is mostly normal human foibles. My daughter is both, a little strange to me, nothing crazy, I can still relate to most of her “issues”. I understand she sees the world differently than me, I try to adjust for that.
Growing up and navigating the most complex society we’ve ever faced, and didn’t evolve for, can be quite a challenge. Suck it up buttercup. Recognize your strengths, recognize your weaknesses, don’t be hurt by fucking words. If being called names breaks your spine, well, you’re not going to do well on this planet.
The whole thing is made up hate by people who had their feelings hurt being called retarded in school. It’s a 4th-grade insult that snowflakes have decided is now a “seriously harmful” term. I’ve been called the dreaded “F” word 1,000 times, so what? Didn’t turn me gay or even hurt my fee fees.
In 5-years “stupid” will be outlawed. There will be a YouTube video of some teen crying their eyes out, relating how being called stupid ruined their whole life and now they have to kill themselves. “Idiot” will be banned by 2027. Any words that could possibly be understood as negative adjectives describing a human being will be verboten by 2030.
Bless your heart!
Put your money where your mouth is and say it if your argument is that people shouldn’t censor them, coward.