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Originally Posted by fatso
It seems to me though you're proving my point.
The word '######' has many uses no doubt. My car example strikes me as an 'acceptable' use of the word... slow, impeded, etc.
But is it not also the case that '######' is used to insult people? You've clearly picked up that was my intention in making that statement. And why is it an insult? Because it means simply "slow, impeded, etc."? Or because it means something more? I'd say it can mean something more...
it can only be an insult because ######s are or have been thought to be inferior and less than deserving of the dignity and rights of average citizens. That's precisely how analagous insults work, no? That's what those kinds of insults play off of. And in repeating such innocuous statements the problem people like myself have with them is that they implicitly rely on quiet concepts of discrimination and reinforce that discrimination in a seemingly harmeless manner.
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It's an insult to the not mentally challenged because they aren't mentally challenged and a person is saying that they are.
If you call me white, well, I am white. If you call me a bitch, well I am a bitch. If you call me a ######, well I'm not, so you're saying I'm stupid. That's why it's an insult.