• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’m happy to debate this with you, but that’s the second time you’ve used a slur disparaging people with disabilites. Hope your day is as pleasant as you are.

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      11 months ago

      What, do you mean retard? Does it mean something other than mentally retarded or what’s the issue

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        11 months ago

        It is an outdated term for intellectually disabled, and using it when you mean “stupid” is offensive. Intellectual disability is not the same as intelligence. Calling someone disabled as an insult is offensive. People with disabilities are not lesser than you, and it is the height of arrogance to look down upon people who overcome adversity to educate themselves while simultaneously being objectively wrong and demonstrably ignorant on the subject.

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          11 months ago

          Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability in the United Kingdom[3] and formerly mental retardation,[4][5] is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significantly impaired intellectual and adaptive functioning. It is defined by an IQ under 70, in addition to deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors that affect everyday, general living.

          I’m saying they are intellectually deficit compared even to the average adult. Would you be happier if I called them illectually disabled? Dunno what that even changes.

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            11 months ago

            No, because they aren’t intellectually disabled, and calling someone intellectually disabled should not be something you say to insult people. The only difference is that you’re not using a slur to do it.