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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
It doesn't matter what word you use because the insult is based on people's perception of the object, not the word itself, therefore what ever term you use will inevitably become the insult eventually. ######ed was actually the 'proper' non insulting term that was supposed to be better than 'touched' or moron.
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True. Exactly like negro, which was the proper and non-insulting term that was supposed to be better than the alternatives. And yet we stopped using that word because black people said they didn't like it.