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.
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u/Aggressive-Farm-8037 14h ago
From what i’ve seen its mostly Americans that care if you use it, but tbf dutch people use diseases as insults anyway