• Robust Mirror@aussie.zone
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    19 hours ago

    Yes, when you come up with a word to describe people that others consider less/worse than themselves, they will invariably end up using the word to describe them as an insult to others. This will happen no matter how mundane or non offensive you try to make the word.

    • Cgers@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      18 hours ago

      This is the very nature of slurs, and more largely language in general, in the first place. It’s not the signifier, it’s the signified.

    • AntAcid@lemm.ee
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      18 hours ago

      Retarded people are literally retarded. Hope this helps.