There’s a clear campaign against the mentally ill with the global rise of fascism. Lots of it shows up in anti homeless rhetoric, but you can see it in the MAHA and anti vaccination movements.

There’s no reason to use the word “r-tarded” to describe someone. As someone who’s worked with the intellectually challenged, it’s an insult to them to compare them with people who are willfully ignorant.

  • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Exactly how strongly do I think it is? Because you seem to know.

    You told me I don’t know anything about linguistics and psychology, yet now you’re offended because I read your post saying things like “the language that we use shapes our thoughts more than we realize” and “people who are most averse to the idea that thought can be shaped by such subtle factors tend to the least rational” and inferred that you think it’s a strong influence.

    • OBJECTION!@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      It’s very funny to me that you keep referring to things that have little to nothing to do with the study of linguistics to claim that I don’t understand linguistics. I’m not confident that you understand what linguistics even is at this point.

      Both of the things you quoted me on are just true facts, supported by research and evidence. If you think that the degree that language can influence thoughts is less than most people are consciously aware of, or if you think that failing to identify and account for bias does not make a person less rational, then I return to my original point that you don’t know anything about what you’re talking about whatsoever.

      You know you can just learn stuff, right? I have every confidence in your intellectual capacity, if you simply try to look into this stuff. But the reality is that you won’t, because you are willfully ignorant, deeply incurious, and are only interested in this topic insofar as it relates you being able to justify slinging around slurs.

      Remember, you’re only allowed to be offended by anything I say if I insult your intelligence, otherwise you’re contradicting yourself. Personally, I think it’s a skill issue. I offend people all the time, sometimes, without even intending to or realizing I did. Maybe I’m just built different.