Are people arguing that '######' isn't pejorative? Wow.
I remember KTrain bringing this up four or five years ago. I didn't use it much back then but made a conscious effort to completely drop it from my speech. It is extremely offensive.
There are some interesting points though about the evolution of language. Cretin and moron were extremely offensive before, this is true. It appears some people here don't know or understand the true meaning of the word or why it's hurtful, instead focusing on a generic meaning. Is this bad? Isn't a way to take back a word to remove it's power? If we all focused on the generic meaning of the word, would it be offensive to people born with mental disabilities 50 years from now? I dunno.
Simply though. As it stands now, it is offensive, and an education campaign is warrented.
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