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Even words like dumb, stupid, imbecile, moron have always had an ableist subtext. But that subtext has somewhat eroded over time because we don't call mentally disabled folks those in a clinical sense (except for dumb). I don't like using these words myself but it's not a big deal to use these words.
R*tarded meanwhile to this day means mentally disabled as a clinical category. It is always used as an insult and a pejorative. It has the implication that mentally disabled people are subhuman. This makes the term exclusionary and robs disabled people from the chance of being a part of the rest of the society, something that is their right. Even "mentally disabled" is an uncharitable descriptor. Most people labeled as such are just different and can contribute to the society just as much as a so called able people can given that they are accepted and accomodated for. Conditions where there is a full spectrum mental disability are a subset of all the conditions which are labelled as mental disability.
Then there is the issue that most people you are calling r*tarded are in fact not technically r*tarded. They are being asinine for some other reason. But if you call them r*tarded you are insulting, along with them, all the mentally disabled for no good reason. At best you are inconsiderate and at worst you think disabled people are subhuman which makes you an ableist.
Ok, that's honestly weird, because the r-word simply means that they're a bit more late than others(, it comes from the french ret*rder = to delay), while mentally disabled implies that they don't have a mental world
And except for idiot(, mental age < 2-3 y.o.), imbecile(, 3-7 y.o.), and moron(, 7-12 y.o.), ...
I genuinely don't know why the r-word was an exception out of all these terms.
I also don't know how the r-word can rob them of anything(, just like calling someone an idiot don't seem to rob them of anything), but it manifestedly comes from a good intention.
I suppose that i can't insult someone of being a son of a b*tch since that'd be insulting to sex workers, implying that the latter are "subhumans". But i suppose that an insult like "piece of shit" is ok only because a shit isn't conscious.
Let's change our language to be less exclusive, why not. Let's also change the mods so that they're less of an asshole.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to explain all this in such a kind manner.