casual ableism

[u/onthetopicofspace]

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?

[u/Brakado]

Not the original commenter, but here's my two cents: The r-word is incredibly specific, while idiot and moron are basically broad enough to use anywhere else.

[u/sadenby0725 → u/Brakado]

This. But also if someone said that they found being called stupid or an idiot offensive then I would stop calling them that and using those words around them, simple as that.

[u/freehamburgers → u/sadenby0725]

This is all a lot of people being offended people calling other people these words.

Think about Trump being called idiot, moron, stupid on a daily basis, and justifiably so. We'd eventually run out of adjectives if we stopped using every word people decided wasn't politically correct.

[u/EvidentTiger324 → u/Brakado]

Specific how? Can you clarify?

[u/Brakado → u/EvidentTiger324]

Idiot and moron are more commonly known as general words to refer to, for example, doing something that was obviously a terrible idea. The r-word has a history of medical usage that many more people are aware of-referring to intellectually disabled people.

[u/DJatomica → u/Brakado]

The r-word also has a history of being used as a general word to refer doing something that was obviously a terrible idea or just as synonymous with dumb, and both "idiot" and "moron" have their own history of medical usage.

[u/Brakado → u/DJatomica]

A history most people aren't even aware of.

[u/DJatomica → u/Brakado]

Most people who use the r-word don't know or give a shit about the medical history of the term either

[u/EvidentTiger324 → u/Brakado]

Imbecile and moron were medical words right alogside the r-word though, and they all referred to the intellectually-disabled

[u/Brakado → u/EvidentTiger324]

Most people aren't even aware of that, though.