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Originally Posted by GGG
An example of what. You said you believe that people are making up being offended. I just asked how you validate that this is true and not just you being wrong and out of touch.
Like did you work any groups of people who are neurodivergent or developmentally delayed or their families to ask what they thought? Like we had two examples of people with direct contacts who found the word offensive when used around them and one who didn’t. So how do you validate the made up offence.
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Idk. I still don't think I get how to address your question? Your statement? Did I workshop this with some people with mental disabilities? No, I did not do that. I won't do that. Believe it or not, I don't actually workshop much of what I say. I mean, I'm sure there are loads of people who would love to donate their time to me so I can run my material by them, but it's just hard to get our schedules to sync up.
I get where you guys are coming from. Is it a nice word? No. Is it meant as an insult when I use it? Yes. Sadly, that's the nature of insults. If you're fat, will I call you fat? No, unless you're aggressively sitting on me and I can't get up due to your weight and then I'll say, 'get your fat ass off me' and I'll mean it.
If I'm in an argument with you will I call you the r-word? Very unlikely unless you are aggressively defending Nazi ideology and spreading hatred and lies about an entire race of people in which case then, yes, I will step in and say your ideas are ######ed in an effort to cast them in the least favourable light from a perspective judging solely on the level of intelligence it would have taken to come up with such ridiculousness.
If you guys rather reach for the thesaurus in that situation, then go for it. Please don't use the words idiot, dumb, moron, imbecile, etc as they have the same basic etymology, though.