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minus-squareLemmysMum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoAny word is offensive if you use it in a manner to cause offence. A muppet is a kids puppet with a hand in it, very entertaining, but if I call you a muppet I’m saying you’re all mouth and no brains. Most insults for stupidity are archaic medical terms describing a lack of normal capacity.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYeah, but saying “lunatic” doesn’t carry the same weight as the R slur. I think “autistic” may eventually carry that weight
minus-squareLemmysMum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months agoBecause people are less offended about being called crazy than deficient. That’s nothing new.
Any word is offensive if you use it in a manner to cause offence.
A muppet is a kids puppet with a hand in it, very entertaining, but if I call you a muppet I’m saying you’re all mouth and no brains.
Most insults for stupidity are archaic medical terms describing a lack of normal capacity.
Yeah, but saying “lunatic” doesn’t carry the same weight as the R slur. I think “autistic” may eventually carry that weight
Because people are less offended about being called crazy than deficient. That’s nothing new.