lemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read"(lemmy.cafe)

posted 3 months ago

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3 months ago

I think it’s fine in its original contexts (i.e. “retardant”, or to “retard” something), but could maybe be avoided in 80% of cases.

It is inexcusable to apply it to people though.

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3 months ago

those are entirely different words; different parts of speech, etc :) fully agree but it’s helpful to think of it that way instead

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