Try telling that to a text filter or a moderator on a power trip. They won't give a rat's ass about "to retard" meaning "to reduce or hold back." Even the linked article fails to make the semantic distinction when it calls for the elimination of the word.

If this comment disappears, it will have proven my point.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

it’s giving 6th grade locker room 😂😂😂

“dude look i found a way to say it and dude it’s allowed because it’s about airplanes”

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

And a bitch is a female dog, I know. There's a factor of intention, a.k.a mens rea, a.k.a guilty mind that separates right from wrong based on why a person does something. It's this sort of inconvenient nuance that dealing with absolutes doesn't allow.

[–] PeachyMcPeachface@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

I don't think the SPECIAL OLYMPICS needs to make the semantic distinction between ableism and aviation (I WONDER WHICH ONE THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT)

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