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lemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read" (lemmy.cafe)

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https://www.specialolympics.org/stories/impact/why-the-r-word-is-the-r-slur

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (20 children)

Tell that to anyone in the aviation industry and you'll get a chuckle and a couple of "bless your heart"s.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 months ago (15 children)

entirely different word and we both know it

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (14 children)

Try telling that to a text filter or a moderator on a power trip. They won't give a rat's ass about "to retard" meaning "to reduce or hold back." Even the linked article fails to make the semantic distinction when it calls for the elimination of the word.

If this comment disappears, it will have proven my point.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The fact that this lame strawman argument has received so many upvotes is baffling. Who gives a fuck what the random moderator that you invented does?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

i’m SAYING like 😭 😭

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