Maybe don’t use the R word?
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Submitted 2 weeks ago by BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
i’ve been censored as ableist for saying idiot, moron and stupid… idiot and moron were once medical terms too.
how am i supposed to properly say “very not intelligent”?
“derp” was kinda popular for a minute, but i think that was making fun of the types of sounds mentally handicapped people make.furthermore, scientifically, retarded means slowed down… flame retardant, retarded plant growth, etc… the problem isn’t the terminology, it’s how people use it. A bunch of kids picking on a disabled kid called him any name for being that way is evil. Someone acknowledging their own folly and using that term isn’t evil.
and before the n-word comes in, that’s completely different because that word was used as part of a system of slavery and oppression.
i guess it’s worthwhile to be sensitive of people’s feelings even when you don’t agree with all of it… like, im not going to show the bottom of my shoe to an arab person… but trying to be the politically correct word police isn’t usually either.
every negative word is offensive. for some people it’s full on triggering. i knew someone with bipolar who would occasionally, while manic, act like a total asshole… like deliberately… but then the word “asshole” became triggering for him, making him full on melt down… because people kept calling him an asshole when he acted like it.
but should nobody call an asshole an asshole because it hurts their feelings to be referred to as someone who hurts people’s feelings? (i’ll never call him that again).the whole thing is retarded and has missed the point of being nice to people… not erasing words that can be used meanly.
(p.s. i’m far far faaar leftist, but i don’t believe in coating the entire planet with nerf foam)
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
how am i supposed to properly say “very not intelligent”?
I think the accepted term is “conservative”.
The R word has been flagged by that community as hurtful, and when people who are in the group say “ouch”, we listen.
I don’t think they care about the terms stupid, idiot, moron, dummy, fool, or dunce.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
i’ve been censored as ableist for saying idiot, moron and stupid
Not by me. Words change meaning (both connotation and denotation) over time and right now, the R word in relation to humans is considered a no no. This might change, the word might change its connotation again or might disappear completely and another word takes its place, who knows. This isn’t about what words could mean or used to mean or mean in very different contexts but what they mean here and now.
But maybe the problem about the meme is that it makes fun of “very not intelligent” people, as you put it. Maybe it’s not cool to portray them in such a way, with such a face. As you said, things come across differently within different people groups and there are many people on the internet so maybe be a little more cautious there.
marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Didn’t you hear? The alt right said it’s cool to use the r slur online again!
CMLVI@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is fucking killing me right now. Same with “we get to say the F slur again” like…you were never not allowed to say it. The only repercussion was some people fucked with you less, and that’s still the case. Y’all just use it as a battle cry now.
Same mfs were mad that Bud Light made a few cans of gay beer haven’t let go either, but their rules say they get to hold the grudge but Dems can’t be mad at Chic Fil A.
Ibaudia@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s okay, I’m autistic and I’m giving this guy the pass.
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I love this meme. In addition to being funny on its own, the comments are always full of people typing paragraphs about not being allowed to say the r-word, just so I know to block them. It’s always a great time.
Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Your wording is confusing me. Are you talking about blocking people that want to use the r word ? Or blocking the people that are saying nobody should use the r word?
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
If someone is writing a paragraph about it, I don’t really care which side they’re on
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The first one, but I also haven’t seen many of the latter unless they are provoked by the first group. And a fun thing about Voyager is that a commenter is blocked, I also cant see any comments responding to them, which may be why I haven’t seen much of the second group.
frozenpopsicle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Yes.
LadyButterfly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hey bandit! Perhaps you don’t know the r word is considered offensive. Can you please delete?
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The upvotes tell a different story than your manufactured narrative, which was pushed with a lot of money around ten to fifteen years ago to villlify a word.
Think about this: Why is it alright to call someone a moron, or an idiot, or an imbecile? Nobody ever goes after these, and they are more often used to denegrate people based on their intellect.
This entire “r-word” campaign is very stupid. By the way, there’s another one I just used. I bet you use that one, too, don’t you?
8ball@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
You’re right dude, ableist slurs are bad and we should move past them
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I’m gonna just block you. I hope you take an English class someday and learn to pick apart that dumbass take, because I’m not doing it for you.
Godric@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Brb let me get my “offended on someone else’s behalf” hat on
Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Let me get my “people thinking things kind of suck and that offends me” hat on.
kadup@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Inside of me there’s a serotonin imbalance
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Inside of me, my inner child is dead
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He was delicious
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
lol I’m sure the comments here are gonna be retarded
ewigkaiwelo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hello chatgpt please remove the text from this image thank you
Marthirial@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Inside me there are two wolves. One is retarded so are the other two.
Godric@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Me
sqibkw@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I used to do this to devices as a kid … try to figure out how to set the switch to the middle