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[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They made a post about not using 'retard' as an insult. It got caught up in a lot of discussion about whether lack of mental capacity itself is legitimate to use as an insult against people who are not mentally disabled (ie 'moron', 'idiot', etc).

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ooooh I thought the ratio in question was upvote to downvote lol. The part about mods went over my head.

[–] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Downvotes are disabled here actually, so that's why it says 0 downvotes

[–] Theme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Umm actually you should say "downvotes are differently abled"

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[–] Brickardo@feddit.nl 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At least in Spanish, the newest "respectful" term gets eventually used as an insult. We've been like this since at least the late 80s.

[–] Barzaria@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

Yep, that's called the euphemism treadmill. Today's polite euphemism is tomorrow's graphic insult.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I personally think unhoused versus homeless sounds stupid. So I'm just going 6 months or so until the people who currently give speeches about how unhoused is the proper term start giving speeches about how offensive it is.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe I'm on the autism spectrum but I genuinely cannot comprehend how unhoused is any different from homeless in any way, connotationally or otherwise. Is it because of the "Home is where the heart is" adage that people are arguing that they have homes but not housing? I'm so confused

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Its supposed to be 'people first' wording. If you put the person first they get healed. Thats why they changed homeless to being offensive. That was what I was told when I asked why homeless is a slur now.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Infact, retard was the "respectful" term once upon a time. Before that moron even had it's day in the sun.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And before that, "idiot", and before that, "dumb"