> I argued precisely that in this very thread. How is it okay to you to use "immature" and not the r-word? Both could refer to a category of person based on s

> I argued precisely that in this very thread. How is it okay to you to use "immature" and not the r-word? Both could refer to a category of person based on something they can't change about them selves, and both are in most cases not used to refer to said category. > As someone who grew up knowing people whose relatives were disabled I think of the r-word (and the German equivalent, English is not my first language) as horrible. You think children like being called immature? > Most people who use it are ignorant to what it means to people who have to live with it every day. Most people who call other people immature also has long since forgotten the anxiety and troubles that come with being an immature human being. > "yeah I understand why they hate it, but I am still gonna use it", because then they are not ignorant but malicious. As long as you feel the same about calling people immature, idiots, or anything else that could also be misinterpreted to refer to category of person based on something they can't change about them selves.