BornVolcano
Artist, musician, and professional dumbass
Have a turtle for your troubles my good fellow š¢
(Former ToR, I do transcriptions on here whenever I can!)
Oh COME ON. This guy is actively mocking Taiwan now, too??
Damn it, Muskrat
I was uplifted for a minute and then I read the comments.
Guys, why is it so hard to just respect that people exist that you might not fully understand?
Theyāre just going to try to make one thatās ever so slightly better, and then patent it again
The term has been removed from most recent medical literature, because the use of it has been inseparably tied with mental disability. You canāt exactly justify calling a black man the n-word because he is a criminal, no?
Trying to find situations where itās āokayā to use slurs as insults is creating a loophole based on opinion that will broaden with time, implying that there are individuals who ādeserveā to be called slurs and those who donāt. Itās creating a divide that can be easily exploited. Itās best just to find another word.
The only appropriate use I know of is when talking about flame retardants. The word inherently means āto slow down/reduceā, so using it to describe people inherently classifies them as āslowā, another common insult term for mentally disabled people. Using it towards fire is a direct use of its wording and doesnāt have the same risks.
Basically, the damage is done and the association is there, and it canāt really be removed simply because the slur is used āaccuratelyā, you know? It carries the harmful context with it.