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.
Wild how so many people in here can’t seem to offend anyone without using slurs. It really speaks to a lack of skill and creativity. I offend people all the time, sometimes, I even offend people when I’m not even trying to. Get on my level, scrub.
But no, for sure, the only way to call out bigots is to use bigoted terms yourself. Yeah, that’ll show them. Look, it’s not like you want to use slurs, of course not, but using slurs is just the only possible way to call out bigots. Right.
Asshole.
Can you please a comprehensive list of “slurs” that contains their transition from “official medical description” to “slur”? Otherwise a “slur” is an amorphous social construct that is always evolving.
You probably think that “tankie” is a slur, don’t you, tankie?
Yes, obviously? No shit.
See, you’re doing it! I’m so proud of you! Turns out you can insult people without disparaging marginalized people in the process!
Oh look, the tankie arrives at my initial point, only took you a bit. It is precisely that I “cannot” insult your inability to understand something, without allegedly “disparaging marginalized people”
I’d call you slow, but there are other slow people that are not being dumb, don’t want to disparage them.
Damn, back to the ableist language again. Keep trying! Someday, I’m sure you’ll get it!
Slow in speed. I don’t know why you’re dragging in disabled people into this.
Straight out of the right’s playbook. "Actually, you’re the racist for bringing race into it and assuming I was talking about black people when I said ‘n----.’
Go back to Truth Social.
Projection. Classic tankie tactics.
At this point I’m just happy when you can manage a single comment that isn’t bigoted towards a marginalized group. Sure, you’re attacking people for standing up for marginalized people, but hey, baby steps.