>I don't think anyone's lost their job for using "retarded" in its academic form. I could be convinced otherwise, but I believe that's a result of more people

>I don't think anyone's lost their job for using "retarded" in its academic form. I could be convinced otherwise, but I believe that's a result of more people knowing not to use it, the same way you don't hear much about people getting fired for saying the actual n-word. "Person gets fired for saying technically correct word" is more 'newsworthy' than "Person gets fired for saying obvious slur". I did find this, although the person who was fired also made racial comments in addition to saying the r-word: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-candidate-lost-job-after-12462935 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-candidate-lost-j...