How could this word even be removed. Unlike the N word it actually has legitimate uses. I didn't even know it was "bad" to say.
this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2025
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There is nothing wrong with the word retard or retarded. Use it if you want, F the word police.
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The lefts incessant battle about words and PR policing has been part of the reason we keep losing elections.
It's such an easy way to drive the casual person away, when you are constantly switching definitions and trying to trip people up to call them assholes, because they didn't immediately agree with you about switching the definition of a word.
They are such nonsense issues but they are fantastic at dividing left from right, and even splintering the left itself.
It honestly feels like some right wing think tank tried to come up with a way to undermine the message and credibility of the left, by having them fight word battles all day long. And oh boy has it worked.
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no one has ever been offended by the word removed, unless they are getting offended on someone else's behalf to virtue signal
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