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arrow-up1280external-linkTrump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediatelywww.reuters.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squareRandom_Character_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 month agoBy calling out the decline of Trumps cognitive abilities, I offended subset of people who should in my view never ever be called a “retard”? I do apologise to anyone who still wants to identify as one.
minus-squareathatet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIt’s just not necessary to use slurs. That’s all.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoi’m torn. we shame them away from using this one, they’ll just move onto the next. it’s not the meaning behind the word that they like, it’s the fact that it’s a slur. hence the euphemism treadmill.
minus-squareathatet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThat still doesn’t mean that we need to use it. Also, we absolutely should shame these people. Let them move onto the next one. We will shame them for that too. Bigots don’t get to have things.
By calling out the decline of Trumps cognitive abilities, I offended subset of people who should in my view never ever be called a “retard”?
I do apologise to anyone who still wants to identify as one.
It’s just not necessary to use slurs. That’s all.
i’m torn. we shame them away from using this one, they’ll just move onto the next. it’s not the meaning behind the word that they like, it’s the fact that it’s a slur. hence the euphemism treadmill.
That still doesn’t mean that we need to use it.
Also, we absolutely should shame these people. Let them move onto the next one. We will shame them for that too. Bigots don’t get to have things.
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