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minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoI have a special needs uncle and my whole life I grew up with him being called “retarded” and it not being a slur. It was just a way to describe his mental functioning. To me it doesn’t have the same impact because I had never heard it used pejoratively until after it was a no-no word.
I have a special needs uncle and my whole life I grew up with him being called “retarded” and it not being a slur.
It was just a way to describe his mental functioning.
To me it doesn’t have the same impact because I had never heard it used pejoratively until after it was a no-no word.