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Except that it is still used to refer to people with developmental disabilities. Typically as a pejorative term. Edit: Thinking on your 2nd point, I suspect th
by mumblemumble 6y ago
Except that it is still used to refer to people with developmental disabilities. Typically as a pejorative term.
Edit: Thinking on your 2nd point, I suspect that you've got your arrow of causality backwards.
- Ajedi32 6y ago> I suspect that you've got your arrow of causality backwards. I think there are two arrows of causality here actually, and they form a cycle. A word is offensive, therefore it's taboo. The word is taboo, therefore it's offensive. Why is "shit" vulgar, but "feces" not? Language is weird like that.