▲ 697 ▼ Joe Rogan Slammed For Claiming Resurrection of Disability Slur Is 'One of the Greatest Cultural Victories' (www.latintimes.com) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 267 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (3 children) i mean it is ONLY used to mock a very specific group of people and, historically, it was used to incarcerate and experiment on them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 year ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago But language changes and evolves, and words get imbued with additional meanings over time through a bunch of complicated factors and contexts. Just because 'idiot' and 'retard' were used similarly once, doesn't mean they're the same now We don't need to fully understand the process in which the word has changed to know that lots of people find it particularly insulting, degrading and oppressive, and to decide to stop using it because of this permalink fedilink source parent [–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago Coincidentally, "Rogan" is also an r-word that's synonymous with moron, imbecile, or idiot. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) that's not how i use it, but if that's how you use it, than yeah sure. But i don't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago It is how you use it, even if you don't mean to. If you use 'gay' as an insult, that doesn't become OK if you only say it to straight people. It's still some massive drive by homophobia. The reason to stop using this as an insult isn't to protect the people you're insulting, it's to protect a third group which has a dark history with the word permalink fedilink source parent [+] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works -13 points 1 year ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 year ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago But language changes and evolves, and words get imbued with additional meanings over time through a bunch of complicated factors and contexts. Just because 'idiot' and 'retard' were used similarly once, doesn't mean they're the same now We don't need to fully understand the process in which the word has changed to know that lots of people find it particularly insulting, degrading and oppressive, and to decide to stop using it because of this permalink fedilink source parent [–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago Coincidentally, "Rogan" is also an r-word that's synonymous with moron, imbecile, or idiot. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago But language changes and evolves, and words get imbued with additional meanings over time through a bunch of complicated factors and contexts. Just because 'idiot' and 'retard' were used similarly once, doesn't mean they're the same now We don't need to fully understand the process in which the word has changed to know that lots of people find it particularly insulting, degrading and oppressive, and to decide to stop using it because of this permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago Coincidentally, "Rogan" is also an r-word that's synonymous with moron, imbecile, or idiot. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) that's not how i use it, but if that's how you use it, than yeah sure. But i don't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago It is how you use it, even if you don't mean to. If you use 'gay' as an insult, that doesn't become OK if you only say it to straight people. It's still some massive drive by homophobia. The reason to stop using this as an insult isn't to protect the people you're insulting, it's to protect a third group which has a dark history with the word permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago It is how you use it, even if you don't mean to. If you use 'gay' as an insult, that doesn't become OK if you only say it to straight people. It's still some massive drive by homophobia. The reason to stop using this as an insult isn't to protect the people you're insulting, it's to protect a third group which has a dark history with the word permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works -13 points 1 year ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent