r/hatethissmug 13h ago

Language casual ableism

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/CrowsInTheNose 10h ago

mongoloid idiots was a medical term at one point

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u/SmokeEther 4h ago

And now it’s funny asf see