• JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    It’s the same as idiot or moron, which could both be rather limply accused of being ableist, but we all understand aren’t. You would call charlie kirk those words, and you would never call someone with a mental handicap those words.

    R-word (which lemmy censors) is fine, just don’t use it in the ableist and fucked up way.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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      13 days ago

      “It’s not ableist to call people I don’t like these words of contempt that specifically refer to a mental condition”

      Do you people listen to yourselves? I’ll call Kirk a moron any day of the week but it’s ableist to do it and I probably shouldn’t.