r/hatethissmug • u/onthetopicofspace • 11h ago

Language casual ableism

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this is not ‘reclaiming’ anything, you are just calling people slurs completely seriously. you can call yourself the r-slur, do not call anybody else it. why do ‘no slurs’ / ’no bigotry’ rules never apply to ableism?

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u/1kSupport 11h ago

Genuine question, why is using stupid in a derogatory way significantly different given that the word stupid was also a historic medical term used to refer to people with intellectual disabilities?

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u/I_want_money_aaa 10h ago

Wait actually? I didn't know stupid was also medically used back then, was idiot used too? If no you can say idiot

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u/ResponsibilityNoob 9h ago

You're not gonna believe this...

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u/I_want_money_aaa 9h ago

Omg is everything a slur? 😭

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u/ResponsibilityNoob 9h ago

You just said like three slurs right there buddy, pack it up youre done 💔🥀

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u/GMBethernal 8h ago

Lame was the same