“Fucking” is great, how could it be an insult like “fuck you”? Perhaps a word can have multiple meanings. While thinking about it, I have actually never heard anyone say retard to someone who is a handicapped person. Only as a insult to assholes.
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barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 4 weeks agoPlease don’t use the ‘r’ word. It’s extremely offensive. Feel free to hate Trump all you want, but that word is offensive. Please edit.
Eheran@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Madison420@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s like hysterical, though yes it was at one time an umbrella term for some pretty crazy stuff is also a word with meaning and no actual diagnosis behind it.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The euphemism treadmill is silly.
Nanook@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
They are their own authority, they can say what they want