Try telling that to a text filter or a moderator on a power trip. They won't give a rat's ass about "to retard" meaning "to reduce or hold back." Even the linked article fails to make the semantic distinction when it calls for the elimination of the word.

If this comment disappears, it will have proven my point.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 40 points 5 months ago (1 children)

it’s giving 6th grade locker room 😂😂😂

“dude look i found a way to say it and dude it’s allowed because it’s about airplanes”

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

And a bitch is a female dog, I know. There's a factor of intention, a.k.a mens rea, a.k.a guilty mind that separates right from wrong based on why a person does something. It's this sort of inconvenient nuance that dealing with absolutes doesn't allow.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 30 points 5 months ago

and there’s a matter of intention to me blocking you, too. literally no one disagrees with you, not even me. i am not calling for an “absolute” anything

your sophomorisms are literally just being posted to give you an excuse to type le edgy words. and worst crime of all you’re not doing it even in a funny or thoughtful way, you are just being mean about it. take care and i hope to me is the most unkind you will be to anyone all day.

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Would you use the term “bitch” when talking about dogs? Or just say female dog to avoid being misunderstood? It used to be used that way, but now you’re going to sound like an asshole if you use it.

Once people start using a technical term as a slur, it gets tainted by that additional meaning. You can’t forcefully separate the technical term from the slur. If you don’t want people to think you’re throwing around slurs, you need to find a new word to use.

Don't blame the people hurt by the slurs, blame the assholes who misused the word so often that they fucked up its meaning.

[–] PeachyMcPeachface@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 5 months ago

I don't think the SPECIAL OLYMPICS needs to make the semantic distinction between ableism and aviation (I WONDER WHICH ONE THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT)

[–] doona@aussie.zone 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The fact that this lame strawman argument has received so many upvotes is baffling. Who gives a fuck what the random moderator that you invented does?

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 11 points 5 months ago

i’m SAYING like 😭 😭

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

Yup. I was perma banned from /r/politics over on Reddit years ago for using this word in a way that had nothing to do with people.

It was used in a literal manner, with the definition of how I used it meaning "to delay or hold back in terms of progress, development, or accomplishment."

I tried to appeal, and I was labeled "ableist". It was the dumbest shit I've ever experienced on Reddit prior to the piggy ruining the platform.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Je suis en retard dans la discussion, mais tu as raison, les ordinateurs ne tiennent pas compte du contexte.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

dot ml friends see this lol

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm late to the discussion, but you're right, computers don't take context into account.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm removed to the discussion, but you're right, computers don't take context into account.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago


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[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

Any of those would match it?

[–] boo_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's quite obvious that it's very different to use it as a verb and as a noun to refer to someone.