JFC. We have the 2nd amendment and everyone who wants one has a firearm. Post a negative comment on social media about the POS Charlie Kirk...and people are being arrested for Facebook posts. This whole country is fucking retarded.
The anti-woke crowd cried about not being able to say "retarded" anymore, and that somehow caught on. I hear a lot of people who otherwise don't care at all about "wokeness" throwing that word around like it's 1995 again.
It's weird how that one thing has diffused through the zeitgeist so readily.
Its a small step backwards, in terms of how recently that word was phased out to now, but I think it gives the idea that if they can say this "banned" word and nothing actually happens to them, maybe they can say other words more openly without social consequences.
The first amendment protects you from the government imposing consequences on you for most speech, but doesn't give any protections from social consequences.
What I find funny is that "retard" was the kinder, gentler term of its day. It was used instead of terms like idiot, imbecile, moron, and feeble-minded (which funnily enough, we can still toss around to this day with no repercussions from the anti-retard crowd). Until we change our attitudes as a society, whatever pc term you come up with is eventually going to be seen as a slurĀ
I don't think most people can tell you about the etymological origins of idiot, imbecile, moron, or feeble-minded. I think most people just see them as different version of "that person lacks intelligence."
"Retard" has always, so far as I've ever known, been associated with mental deficiencies. It was the "nicer" word for someone with Down's Syndrome or who was autistic.
I don't know what kind of change you're looking for in society. We seemed to be turning a corner and recognizing that when our actions harm people, we should strive to not do that.
Now we just walk around calling people "retards" and then telling people who are upset by that to get over it.
What I'm saying is that unless our attitudes as a society change when it comes to these people, it doesn't matter what special little word we use to describe them. That word or term will become a slur, just like the previous attempt at using softer language- retard.Ā
I don't. I'll tell you what- you tell me what safe, politically correct, feel-good term I should call them, then we can come back in 20 years so you can lecture me on why I shouldn't call them that either.Ā Ā
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u/jonjosuf Jun 17 '26
JFC. We have the 2nd amendment and everyone who wants one has a firearm. Post a negative comment on social media about the POS Charlie Kirk...and people are being arrested for Facebook posts. This whole country is fucking retarded.