• PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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    1 day ago

    Idiot or moron would be fine.

    It’s only the r-term specifically that’s verboten. It’s been used extensively in recent times as a term of genuine abuse towards legitimately developmentally disabled (or sometimes just neurodiverse) folks.

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      19 hours ago

      Euphemism treadmills are silly. Moron and idiot are just as bad. Retard was invented because people were using moron as a slur.