- retarded is a slur, people with special needs don't want to be called that. not sure why this is controversial - this is just normal language change. we use

- retarded is a slur, people with special needs don't want to be called that. not sure why this is controversial - this is just normal language change. we use different words than we did in the 50s. - queer and gay are both still used, and in fact are both part of LGBTQ, so this doesn't actually fit the pattern youre trying to show. - native american is just a better term? indian is confusing given that there is also a country called "india" - can a person be "illegal"? undocumented worker is just a more correct term. - this and the undocumented worker one are probably the only ones in here that actually fit the pattern youre trying to show. - people ask not to be called he/she and we oblige. I don't see how this is similar to newspeak. - bum is clearly a pejorative term, and because many of us don't dislike homeless people a priori, we don't use this term. there's nothing sinister going on here. It's crazy to me that people are really clutching their pearls over not being able to call people "retards" and "negroes"