Doesn’t idiot come from an old term for common person or something like that.
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calypsopub@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Idiot” has not been a medical term for decades. It no longer refers to a particular diagnosis. Nobody who is not an idiot thinks “idiot” in its current incarnation is ableist. See also: imbecile, cretin, crazy, bonkers, etc.
Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 11 months ago
witchdoctor@lemmy.basedcount.com 11 months ago
Not my problem.