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  • village604@adultswim.fantoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldgrrr
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    2 hours ago

    Retarded hasn’t been a slur against the mentally disabled in the common vernacular for a while now. Well, until people decided that it’s the new term to get offended for others about.

    Language is always changing, and its meaning is now synonymous with moron (which also used to be a medical term for the intellectually disabled).

    Context and intent is key, and it’s clear that they weren’t disparaging the mentally disabled.













  • Future primaries and congressional elections.

    You don’t stop to call the electrician when your house is on fire. You put out the fire first or you won’t have any wiring left to fix.

    One side provided a step by step plan on exactly how they were going to enact a hostile fascist take over the country so you’d never get a chance to vote again, and people decided that it was worth the risk as long as a mediocre Democrat candidate didn’t win.