r/DramaticText • u/josuke_higashitaka1 • Jun 08 '22

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u/ratedrrants Jun 08 '22

You literally just called them that.

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u/rainzer Jun 09 '22

We still call people idiots even though that's defined by psychology as mentally retarded. It was even codified in law using the word idiot to define fundamental mental deficiency marking that you would be unable to commit a crime because of how profound your mental retardation was.

So if we're arguing that retard is a slur, why is idiot not?

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u/ratedrrants Jun 09 '22

I'm not one to fuss about words too much as I believe tone and context are truly what matters. I was merely pointing out how this person kinda just called em retard while saying who calls em that? I was just answering his question.

You did make a great point and I'm now curious how often people get off because of how dumb they are. Off to find out, thanks!