• Bacano@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Same with idiot.

    People seem to have a habit of taking whatever term is used for individuals with mental disabilities and using them to hyperbolize their criticism of someone’s decisions/behavior. This is insulting to the dignity of members of society so society begins to look at the term unfavorably and uses a new term to describe it’s mentally challenged members. Then the cycle repeats itself.