lesson learned never try to be kind on the internet
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2024
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They made a post about not using 'retard' as an insult. It got caught up in a lot of discussion about whether lack of mental capacity itself is legitimate to use as an insult against people who are not mentally disabled (ie 'moron', 'idiot', etc).
At least in Spanish, the newest "respectful" term gets eventually used as an insult. We've been like this since at least the late 80s.
It happened in English too
Infact, retard was the "respectful" term once upon a time. Before that moron even had it's day in the sun.
And before that, "idiot", and before that, "dumb"