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The other question I have is, who leverages that word against anyone who has a medical disability or something? Like, I've never heard anyone call someone with Down Syndrome or autism, etc. a retard. Unless they were doing something retarded and they didn't know, but, I've never seen it leveled against a person with a disability. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Also though, I feel like language policing when we literally have fascists throwing people into concentration camps that maybe that's not top priority.
Ehhh it did used to happen. And it didn't have to be someone with debilitating issues as strong as down syndrome or autism. Back in the 90's everyone from dyslexics to down syndrome, to people with social anxiety were called retarded. Even a simple idea got called retarded if it wasn't the norm.
That being said, people who throw people in concentration camps shouldn't be called retarded. They should be curb-stomped.
Agreed. Lol