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minus-squareShapillon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoYup but imho it doesn’t stop there. Once the word stops being used as a medical diagnosis it will slowly stop being associated with learning / mental disabilities. Nowadays not a lot of people associate saying someone is an idiot with any social minority so it kinda is just a disparaging qualifier. Retard just happens to currently be in that sour spot.
minus-squareOrteilGenou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoSomeday saying “intellectually disabled” will draw horrified gasps from people who will berate you for not using “cerebrally unenfranchised”
minus-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoI mean there’s already a school of thought that “disabled” has a negative connotation to it, that’s where the term “differently-abled” comes in. It’s all kind of a dance to not hurt anyone’s feelings.
Yup but imho it doesn’t stop there.
Once the word stops being used as a medical diagnosis it will slowly stop being associated with learning / mental disabilities.
Nowadays not a lot of people associate saying someone is an idiot with any social minority so it kinda is just a disparaging qualifier.
Retard just happens to currently be in that sour spot.
Someday saying “intellectually disabled” will draw horrified gasps from people who will berate you for not using “cerebrally unenfranchised”
I mean there’s already a school of thought that “disabled” has a negative connotation to it, that’s where the term “differently-abled” comes in.
It’s all kind of a dance to not hurt anyone’s feelings.