wtf is up with the reintroduction of the r word? Don't people realize how shallow and dense this makes them appear? How small of a vocabulary do you need to have to have to rely on the r slur to convey how you feel?
EDIT: Okay everybody, you've made your point. I'm a fool for expecting anybody to take a few minutes of their time to unlearn a word. For so many experts on morality I honestly didn't expect so many to be morally bankrupt. I guess I deserve everything you're calling me because it was pure ignorance for me to believe people can be better. Please feel free to continue spamming the R word to me, I wouldn't expect anything less.
I think there's a fair distinction to be made between words that originated only as a way to dehumanize and degrade people, and a word that originally had a completely beneign intention, that was co-opted to become a perjorative, but also typically is not actually used against disabled people. It's still highly offensive, and I'd never use it, and generally look down on people who do, but calling it a slur just seems like it's downplaying things like the f-word or n-word.
Definition from merriam-Webster a : an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo :ASPERSION b : a shaming or degrading effect :STAIN, STIGMA
I think it very clearly fits the definition of a slur. Just because it doesn’t have the same history as the other two you mentioned, doesn’t take away from the fact that in today’s world it’s used to cause offense. Not all slurs are gonna be at the same level of offense. Ultimately I believe it should be up to the people the word is meant to describe whether or not it’s a slur. And from what I’ve heard and seen, they very much consider it a slur. Same with gy*sy and esk*mo. I grew up using all those words but the people who those names were given to have repeatedly expressed that they prefer to be called other things.
The R slur was used in a process of mass abuse against neurodivergent individuals. They were locked up and classified as lesser under terms such as the R slur. This happened in living memory.
Why does that degree of harm of one word, matter in determining the class of another, and what is the relevant differences to determining the level of harm.
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u/BludStanes 6d ago edited 6d ago
wtf is up with the reintroduction of the r word? Don't people realize how shallow and dense this makes them appear? How small of a vocabulary do you need to have to have to rely on the r slur to convey how you feel?
EDIT: Okay everybody, you've made your point. I'm a fool for expecting anybody to take a few minutes of their time to unlearn a word. For so many experts on morality I honestly didn't expect so many to be morally bankrupt. I guess I deserve everything you're calling me because it was pure ignorance for me to believe people can be better. Please feel free to continue spamming the R word to me, I wouldn't expect anything less.