#💡 disallow the r word again considering it’s a literal slur

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steel crestBOT
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fact:

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the word used to be an actual medical classification

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mentally retarded

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since retarde in latin or smt means to slow

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so it meant mentally slow

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it actually got turned to a negative meaning because people threw it around insultingly

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however you still see it used in stuff like fire retardant

hollow hollow
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its funny

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slurs are funny

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we should revolt

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we can make a religion out of this

fallen roost
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nevermind

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shit

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why is it only disallowed in scripting?

valid sphinx
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🧯

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🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯

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🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯

paper rivet
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discord users are way too comfortable with the stuff they say jeez

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90% of this server isn't even by technicality allowed to say it

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there's also a rule against this yet it's still allowed

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rsc is a questionable place

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calling people disabled can therefor be seen as something objectively worse

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because "mentally retarded" isnt the meaning anymore

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calling somebody a retard is calling them slow

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calling somebody disabled is assosciating stupidity with disabilities

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the word retard picked up negative baggage along the way

paper rivet
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i feel like you only just want to call people that slur without consequence

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??????

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Are you part of an intellectually challenged group

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Serious question

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like do you have a disability

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just a quick survey

paper rivet
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it's pretty obviously a slur and always has been

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Im confused about the logic of it being a slur

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Things like the n word are slurs because they're targeted towards the specific group

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Back then, people said it specifically for that reason

paper rivet
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i don't get your point

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?

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Retard is used to make fun of people, indicating they are mentally slow

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(what "mentally retarded" literally means)

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You dont see people calling the mentally challenged retarded however

paper rivet
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which is a group of people

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gng

paper rivet
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you're attacking your own points more than i am

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vro

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my point is

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retard is used to make fun of someone out of the belief they are stupid, you say it in the context "you are retarded" (me to x person) because you assosicate it with them being slow

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this is like that guy pushing the rock up th ehill

paper rivet
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No point Reasoning with the Mentally Retarded troll

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easy bait

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paper rivet
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i'm glad

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though that does mean you admit you were baiting, therefore kind of proving that people just want to say a slur without being punished

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this is way too big of an opportunity for you folks

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blah blah blah

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3 blocked messages Too much

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Put a hatch on the yap today WillYou

paper rivet
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getting blocked by you is my proudest moment

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you reading these messages either way probably isn't for you though

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I wonder Where They found 180 Feet though ❓

ripe blade
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What word

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Nvm

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This

hoary gyro
# supple steppe It Isnt A Slur

Generally speaking, most nicknames for any type of person, whether it is ethnicity, race, identity or otherwise, is a slur because they will almost always be used in a derogatory way. The r-slur might not be considered the most offensive, but that might also be because the truest victims of that word wouldn't be able to express how offensive that word actually is.

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So uh, yeah, disallow it.

livid bronze
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amy shut the fuck up

fallen roost
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you dont call retarded people retarded, you call people acting retarded retarded

valid sphinx
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arent we all one

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💖

fallen roost
paper rivet
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i do just barely fit into the category and i can assure you i've never seen anybody use the word in a non-derogatory way

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thats what i said

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or

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for similar effect

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if they do disallow it

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just say

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mentally slow

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-# the actual indication of "mentally retarded"

livid bronze
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fuckin angel ahh mf

hollow hollow