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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Are any modern mentally disabled people labeled with the R word anymore? It seems that disappeared at least 30 years ago, and is now probably a harmless insult.
I've noticed the teenage circles have moved on to autistic as the replacement insult, which is likely much more hurtful to others. I put an effort into trying to quash that and homophobic slurs with my kids, but I'm inclined to let the R word go, just because I don't think it is hurting anyone anymore.
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I’ve noticed this as well. It’s also happened previously with idiot, moron, imbecile, dumb etc
The word used to describe people with different cognitive abilities will always be turned into a slur. We are seeing it now with Autistic.
I give it another 10 years and the R-word comes back as a generic word for stupid.