Can you educate me on the R word, please?
Can you educate me on the R word, please?
R as ret ar ded.
I'm from Balkans and I think there's no swearing anywhere in the world like in Balkans. We use slurs A LOT and pretty casually, so I am always surprised when I am censored on some word online.
It happened just now. The R word was removed from my comment, so I wanted to find out what's going on with it.
Since I talk to people from all around the world, I don't want to be an ignorant fool and I want to learn why it isn't ok to say something, so I can implement it without the feeling I'm being deprived of free speech.
Again, take in consideration the Balkan thing if you think I'm trolling with this post. I'm not. I swear to you, the shit we're able to say are insane and we really think it's no big deal.
So, when did R word became a slur and why it's not ok to call someone R word as an insult?
Thank you for the education. A human learns while grows and until dies.
EDIT: You're really nice community and I am really thankful you've explained this to me. As I said, I can be a Slow Poke sometimes and growing where I grew, some shit has just stuck as normal and I am glad to unlearn it. My heart is leftist, but I grew up as a Catholic in the midst of the war where we learned a lot of hateful stuff as a normal part of identity. I want to fuck it off from me, so thanks, really.
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There's nothing wrong with the word r3tard. It's just a word, it doesn't even mean "developmentally disabled" or whatever the proper term is anymore - and those people don't care anyway.
Western society is just the softest shit ever these days. Some of realized we were wrongly treating non-white people badly, and tried to shove our entire societies, cultures, habits, and language the opposite direction. So much so that if a white man puts on a Mexican poncho, sombrero, and tapes a fake mustache to his face white people will blubber and try to cancel him. Literal Mexicans in Mexico will welcome him and compliment his attire, however.
So, good luck learning about The Great Filter. It's pathetic, it's quite literally NewSpeak, and there's nothing to be done about it.
We shouldn't normalize calling other people "r*tarded", because it implies someone is inferior or subhuman in some way.
Also, you can't just declare a group of people to "not care". Plenty of neurodivergent people get offended when a neurotypical person refers to them by the R-word because of the aforementioned connotations.
I'm neurodivergent, and I think people need to quit being such ridiculously sensitive babies about words. They are fucking WORDS. It's not a physical assault on your person, It's not a law restricting you or allowing physical assault on you, it's a damn sound/thought/text that you're choosing to be offended by.
being such ridiculously sensitive babies about words.
This sounds like chud talk
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There you go, you're getting the hang of it. Now, instead of getting asshurt, I'm going to not give a fuck. It's a good system.