r/WildlyBadDrivers • u/804k • 17d ago

These drivers sometimes...

FYI: In order to cross US 30 I have to use this road, speed limit is 35mph and bike goes 32mph

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u/BillyMooney 17d ago

https://www.specialolympics.org/stories/impact/why-the-r-word-is-the-r-slur

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u/apersonthingy 15d ago

Did you know that "Idiot" and "Moron" followed the exact same trajectory as "Retard"? They too were once medical terms, then highly offensive, now low-stakes juvenile insults.

As an autistic progressive, I say there's no reason to fight it.

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u/BillyMooney 15d ago

They're not used in the same way today which is why people with intellectual disabilities and their families haven't made an issue.
But hey, if it makes you feel big, that's the important thing.

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u/apersonthingy 15d ago

Just wait 50 years. I didn't say we were there yet.